Maylandia flavifemina

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: Maylandia
Species: Maylandia flavifemina

Name

Maylandia flavifemina (Konings & Stauffer, 2006)

Holotype: PSU 3729. [Paratypes: AMNH 237672-75 (2, 2, 2, 2); PSU 3730-32 (14, 18, 16), 4200-01 (1, 18); UMBC 10-11(3, 2)].

Type locality: Maleri Island, 13°53.910'S, 34°38.020'E, Lake Malawi.

Synonyms

• Metriaclima flavifemina Konings & Stauffer, 2006
• Metriaclima heteropictus (non Staeck, 1980)
• Pseudotropheus heteropictus (non Staeck, 1980)

References

• Konings, A.F. & J.R., Jr. Stauffer 2006: Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima with description of a new species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 17 (3): 233–246.
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg, & K.R. McKaye 1997: A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malaŵi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 148: 189–230. Abstract & extract
• Condé, B. & J. Géry 1999: Maylandia Meyer et Foerster, 1984, un nom générique disponible (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 26 (1-2): 21–22.

Links

• Maylandia flavifemina in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.