Copadichromis likomae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Copadichromis
Species: Copadichromis likomae

Name

Copadichromis likomae (Iles, 1960)

Holotype: BMNH 1962.10.18.112. [Paratypes: (12 or 11) BMNH 1962.10.18.113-118 (6)].

Type locality: Near Mbamba Bay, Likoma Island, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Cyrtocara likomae (Iles, 1960)
• Haplochromis likomae Iles, 1960

References

• Iles, T.D. 1960: A group of zooplankton feeders of the genus Haplochromis (Cichlidae) in Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13), 2(17) [1959]: 257–280.
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & Konings, A.F. 2006. Review of Copadochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17(1): 9–42. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Copadichromis likomae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.