Coptodon flavus

Coptodon flavus

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: Coptodon
Species: Coptodon flavus

Name

Coptodon flavus (Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992)

Type locality: Lake Bermin, 5°09'30.00"N, 9°38'0.00"E, South West Province, Nguti subdivision, Cameroon.

Holotype: AMNH 98264. Paratypes: AMNH 98265 (7), 98266 (7); MRAC 73-40-P-707-708 (2), 73-40-P-710 (1), 73-40-P-718 (1), 73-40-P-719-726 (8), 73-40-P-729 (1); ZSM 27635 (20). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Neumann 2011: 252.

Synonyms

• Tilapia flava Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992
• Coptodon flava

References

Primary references

• Stiassny, M.L.J, Schliewen, U.K. & Dominey, W.J. 1992. A new species flock of cichlid fishes from Lake Bermin, Cameroon with a description of eight new species of Tilapia (Labroidei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 3 (no. 4): 311–346, Pls. 1–2. Reference page. 
• Neumann, D. 2011. Type catalogue of the ichthyological collection of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Part II. Fish types inventoried after 25 April 1944. Spixiana (München) 34(2): 231–286. (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Coptodon flavus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Coptodon flava in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.