Cynotilapia

Cynotilapia afra

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: Cynotilapia
Species: C. afra – C. aurifrons – C. axelrodi – C. chilundu – C. pulpican – C. zebroides

Name

Cynotilapia Regan, 1922: 684

• Type species: Hemichromis afer Günther, 1893
• Type by monotypy
  • Synonym: Microchromis Johnson, 1975: 16 (see Eschmeyer, 1990: 245)

References

• Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Nyassa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1921 (pt 4)(36): 675–727, Pls. 1-6. BHL
• Johnson, D.S. 1975: More new Malawi cichlids. Today's Aquarist 2 (1): 15–26.
• Li, S., Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R. Jr. 2016. A Revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) With Description of a New Genus and Seven New Species. Zootaxa 4168(2): 353–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.9. Reference page. 
• Maréchal, C. 1991: [Many cichlid genera and species accounts.] In: Daget et al. 1991. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. Vol. 4.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Cynotilapia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.