Haplochromis katavi

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 katavi

Name

Haplochromis katavi Seegers, 1996

Holotype: MRAC 94-34-P-1236. [Paratypes: BMNH 1996.2.21.142-145 (4); MRAC 94-34-P-1237 (1), -1238-1239 (2), 1240-1241 (2), 1242-1244 (3); SAIAB (formerly RUSI) 50338 (2); ZMB 32620 (5); ZMH 8607-08 (4, 1), 8640 (1)].

Type locality: Katuma River at Sitalike on road from Sumbawanga to Mpanda, northern Lake Rukwa drainage, western Tanzania, 6°39'S, 31°09'E.

References

• Seegers, L. 1996: The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique. 278: 1–407.
• van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57–110.
• Haplochromis katavi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Katavi Mouthbrooder