Otopharynx ovatus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Cichliformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Otopharynx
Species: Otopharynx ovatus
Name
[edit]Otopharynx ovatus Trewavas, 1935
Holotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.1487. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1935.6.14.1488-1489 (2)]. Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:159.
Type locality: Southern end of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.
Synonyms
[edit]- Cyrtocara ovata (Trewavas, 1935)
- Cyrtocara ovatus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Haplochromis ovatus Trewavas, 1935
References
[edit]- Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 16(91): 65–118. PDF. Reference page.
- Eccles, D.H. & Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H.W. Dieckhoff, Herten, West Germany: 1–334. Reference page.
- Oliver, M.K. & Arnegard, M.E. 2010: A new genus for Melanochromis labrosus, a problematic Lake Malawi cichlid with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 21 (3): 209–232. ISSN: 0936-9902 Abstract PDF
Links
[edit]- Otopharynx ovatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.