Ptychochromis mainty

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Ptychochrominae
Genus: Ptychochromis

Species: Ptychochromis mainty

Name

Ptychochromis mainty Martinez et al., 2015

• Holotype: AMNH 238825.
• Paratypes: AMNH 265944 (1), 241978 (1), 241979 (1, partial C&S).

Type locality: Fort Dauphin region, Taolagnaro, Madagascar.

Etymology: Named after the Malagasy word for black, mainty, referring to the species’ uniform dark pigmentation pattern in preservation and large black midlateral blotch in life.

References

• Martinez, C.M., Arroyave, J. & Sparks, J.S., 2015: A new species of Ptychochromis from southeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 4044(1): 79–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page.