Orthochromis mosoensis

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: Orthochromis
Species: Orthochromis mosoensis

Name

Orthochromis mosoensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998

Holotype: MRAC 91-62-P-1575. [Paratypes: MRAC 470162-165 (4), 91-30-P-508 (1), P-509-512 (4), P-513-516 (4), P-517-526 (10), 91-61-P-831-832 (2), 91-62-P-1577-1581 (5), P-1582 (1), P-1583-606 (24), P-1607-611 (5), P-1612-1618 (7), P-1725-1750 (26), 91-79-P-372 (1), 93-150-P-64 (1), P-65-77 (13), P-78-82 (5), P-83-84 (2), P-85-87 (3), P-88-91 (4), P-478-481 (4), 94-48-P-48-50 (3), 96-31-P-16-24 (9), P-94-100 (7)].

Type locality: Mukitcha stream, about 8 kilometers after Cendajuru, on road to Gasenyi, Cankuzo Province, 03°17'S, 30°36'E, Malagarasi, Burundi.

References

• De Vos, L. & L. Seegers 1998: Seven new Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Malagarasi, Luiche and Rugufu basins (Lake Tanganyika drainage), with notes on their reproductive biology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9 (4): 371–420.
• Poll, M. & J.-P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.
• Orthochromis mosoensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.