Melanochromis heterochromis

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: Melanochromis
Species: Melanochromis heterochromis

Name

Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer, 1993

Holotype: PSU 2562. [Paratypes: BMNH 1935.6.14 (20); MFU 3-6 (10, 9, 5, 10); PSU 2563-74 (18, 7, 5, 4, 5, 3, 2, 8, 2, 5, 7, 5); USNM 323586-92 (10, 9, 12, 7, 16, 12, 12)].

Type locality: Chinyamwezi Island, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], 13°53'S, 34°57'E, Malawi, Africa, depth 2-4 meters.

References

• Bowers, N.J. & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1993: New species of rock-dwelling cichlid (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa, with comments on Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas. Copeia, 1993(3): 715–722.
• Bowers, N. & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1997: Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8(1): 49–70.
• Melanochromis heterochromis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.