Labeotropheus trewavasae

Labeotropheus trewavasae

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: Labeotropheus
Species: Labeotropheus trewavasae

Name

Labeotropheus trewavasae Fryer, 1956

Holotype: BMNH 1965.11.2.1. [Paratypes: AMNH 31893 (1), BMNH 1965.11.2.1-12].

Type locality: Rocky shores at Nkata Bay, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

References

• Fryer, G. 1956: A new species of Labeotropheus from Lake Nyasa, with a redescription of Labeotropheus fuelleborni Ahl, and some notes on the genus Labeotropheus. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 54(3-4): 280–289.
• Poll, M. & J.-P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.
• Labeotropheus trewavasae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Scrapermouth Mbuna