Neolamprologus niger

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: Lamprologini
Genus: Neolamprologus
Species: Neolamprologus niger

Name

Neolamprologus niger (Poll, 1956)

Holotype: MRAC 115683. Paratypes: BMNH 1960.9.30.7984-7986 (1, 1, 1); IRSNB 350-352 (1, 1, 3); MRAC 114297-99 (3), 115285-86 (2), 115684 (1).

Type location: Luhanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lake Tanganika.

Synonyms

• Lamprologus niger Poll, 1956 (original combination)

References

Primary references

• Poll, M. 1979. Poissons Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques v. 3 (fasc. 5 B): 1–619, 10 Pls. Reference page. 

Links

• Lamprologus niger in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on December 14, 2015.
• Neolamprologus niger – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Neolamprologus niger in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.