Boulengerochromis microlepis

Boulengerochromis microlepis

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: Boulengerochromini
Genus: Boulengerochromis
Species: Boulengerochromis microlepis

Name

Boulengerochromis microlepis (Boulenger, 1899)

Syntypes: BMNH 1899.11.27.107 (1) Moliro, MRAC 214 (1).

Type locality: Moliro, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo], southern Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms

• Tilapia microlepis Boulenger, 1899
• Paratilapia microlepis (Boulenger, 1899)
• Boulengerochromis microlepsis (Boulenger, 1899)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: Second contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.-- On the fishes obtained by the Congo Free State Expedition under Lieut. Lemaire in 1898. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 15 (pt 4, no. 1): 87–96, Pls. 18-20.
• Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50: 367–382.
• Boulengerochromis microlepis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Giant Cichlid
한국어: 쿠피
svenska: Kejsarciklid
ไทย: ปลาไจแอนท์แทนกันยีกา

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