Coelotilapia

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
Genus: Coelotilapia
Species: C. joka

Name

Coelotilapia Dunz & Schliewen, 2013

• Type species: Tilapia joka Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969

Etymology: The genus name Coelotilapia Mayland (1995) was introduced by Mayland (1995) in a popular aquarium book, but is not available, because "it was treated as a questionable new genus, but was described as a generic name under Tilapia and not used in the combination Coelotilapia joka" (Eschmeyer & Fong 2012). Now this name Coelotilapia is recycled. The name was chosen to refer to the cave-breeding habit, but Mayland refers to the Latin word coelestis (= celestial). Very likely he thought of the Greek word koiloma (= cavity).

References

• Dunz, A. R. & Schliewen, U. K.; (2013): Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68: 64–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015
• Mayland, H. J.; 1995: Cichliden. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover. 596 pp.