Hemichromis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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: Hemichromini
Genus: Hemichromis
Species (4): H. angolensis – H. camerounensis – H. elongatus – H. fasciatus

Name

Hemichromis Peters, 1857: 403

• Gender: masculine
• Type species: Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857.
• Type by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1857. Neue Gattung von Chromiden. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857: 403. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Jewel cichlid
• lietuvių: Chrominiai gražuoliai
• norsk: Juvelciklider
• русский: Хемихромис красавец
• ไทย: ปลาหมอแรมแดง

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