Haplochromis azureus

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: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis azureus

Name

Haplochromis azureus (Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998)

Holotype: RMNH 33313. [Paratypes: RMNH 33314 (1), 33315 (1), 33316-22 (7), 33323-28 (6), 33329 (1); TAFIRI 63-65 (3), 66-70 (5)].

Type locality: Speke Gulf, Ruti Island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania, depth 6 meters.

Synonyms

• Pundamilia azurea Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998

References

Primary references

• Seehausen, O., Lippitsch, E., Bouton, N. & Zwennes, H. 1998. Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 9(2): 129–228. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996. The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen 302: 57–110. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Haplochromis azureus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Haplochromis azureus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Haplochromis azureus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). [as Pundamilia azurea]