Protomelas spilopterus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Cichliformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Protomelas
Species: Protomelas spilopterus
Name
[edit]Protomelas spilopterus Trewavas, 1935
Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.644.
Paralectotypes: (26) BMNH 1935.6.14.645-647 (3), 1935.6.14.648 (1), 1935.6.14.649-651 (3), 1935.6.14.652-657 (8); NMW 25621 (1). Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:70.
Type locality: Shire Bar to Nkhudzi, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.
Synonyms
[edit]- Cyrtocara spilopterus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Haplochromis spilopterus 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.
- Snoeks, J. & M. Hanssens 2004: Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. Pp. 266-310 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
Links
[edit]- Protomelas spilopterus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.