Haplochromis aelocephalus

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 aelocephalus

Name

Haplochromis aelocephalus Greenwood, 1959

Holotype: BMNH 1958.1.16.244. [Paratypes: BMNH 1958.1.16.215 (1), .216 (1), .217 (1), .218-224 (7), .225-228 (4), .229-231 (3), .232-233 (2), .234-235 (2), .236-242 (7), .243 (1)].

Type locality: Igwe Island, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Uganda.

Synonyms

• Psammochromis aelocephalus (Greenwood, 1959)

References

• Greenwood, P.H. 1959: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 5(7): 179–218.
• van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57–110.

Links

• Haplochromis aelocephalus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2023.
• Haplochromis aelocephalus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Haplochromis aelocephalus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).