Orthochromis stormsi

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 stormsi

Name

Orthochromis stormsi (Boulenger, 1902)

Lectotype: BMNH 1902.4.14.13 [ex IRSNB]. [Paralectotypes: IRSNB 14 (4)]. Lectotype selected by Greenwood & Kullander, 1994:164.

Type locality: Lindi River, Zaire [Democratic Republic of Congo].

Synonyms

• Haplochromis polyacanthus (non Boulenger, 1899)
• Orthochromis stormsi (Boulenger, 1902)
• Schwetzochromis stormsi (Boulenger, 1902)
• Tilapia stormsi Boulenger, 1902

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: Contributions to the ichthyology of the Congo.--II. On a collection of fishes from the Lindi River. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1 (pt 2): 265–271, Pls. 28-30.
• 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 stormsi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.