Protomelas marginatus

Taxonavigation

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: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Protomelas
Species: Protomelas marginatus
Subspecies: P. m. marginatus – P. m. vuae

Name

Protomelas marginatus Trewavas, 1935

Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.745.

Paralectotypes: (several) BMNH 1935.6.14.738-743 (10), 1935.6.14.744 (1), 1935.6.14.746 (1), 1935.6.14.747-754 (14), 1935.6.14.755-765 (34), 1935.6.14.766-768 (4), 1935.6.14.769-777 (12); NMW 25636 (1); MNHN 1937-0170 (1). Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:55.

Type locality: South end of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Chromis kirkii (non Günther, 1894)
• Cyrtocara marginata (Trewavas, 1935)
• Cyrtocara marginata marginata (Trewavas, 1935)
• Haplochromis marginatus Trewavas, 1935
• Haplochromis similis (non Regan, 1922)

References

• Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 16(91): 65–118. PDF. Reference page. 
• Snoeks, J. & M. Hanssens 2004: Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. Pp. 266-310 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.

Links

• Protomelas marginatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.