Cynotilapia axelrodi

Cynotilapia axelrodi

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: Cynotilapia
Species: Cynotilapia axelrodi

Name

Cynotilapia axelrodi Burgess, 1976

• Holotype: USNM 216429. [Paratypes: AMNH 37033 (2); BMNH 1976.11.19.1 (1); USNM 216430 (2)]
• Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa

References

• Burgess, W.E. 1976: Studies on the family Cichlidae: 7. Cynotilapia axelrodi, a new species of mbuna from Lake Malawi (Pisces: Cichlidae). Tropical Fish Hobbyist, 25(2): 37–44.
• Maréchal, C. 1991: [Many cichlid genera and species accounts.] In: Daget et al. 1991. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. Vol. 4.
• Cynotilapia axelrodi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.