Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta

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: Ectodini
Genus: Ophthalmotilapia
Species: Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta

Name

Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)

Holotype: MRAC 130671. [Paratypes: (28) MRAC 130672 (1), 130673-84 (12), 130685-86 (1, 1), 130687-89 (3), 130690 (1), 130691-93 (3), 130694 (1)].

Type locality: Mboko Island, Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms

• Ophthalmochromis heterodontus Poll & Matthes, 1962 [change in rank]
• Ophthalmochromis ventralis heterodontis Poll & Matthes, 1962
• Ophthalmotilapia ventralis heterodon (Poll & Matthes, 1962)

References

• Poll, M. and H. Matthes 1962: Trois poissons remarquables du lac Tanganika. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Serie 8 Zoologie, 111: 1–26, Pls. 1-6.
• Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50 (4): 367–382.
• Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.