Thoracochromis

Thoracochromis demeusii

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: Thoracochromis
Species: T. albolabris – T. bakongo – T. brauschi – T. buysi – T. callichromus – T. demeusii – T. fasciatus – T. lucullae – T. moeruensis – T. schwetzi – T. stigmatogenys – T. wingatii

Source: FishBase
Note: Some of the above species are sometimes placed in Haplochromis

Name

• Thoracochromis Greenwood, 1979: 290
  • Type species: Paratilapia wingatii Boulenger, 1902
  • Type by original designation
• Synonymy
  • Treated as valid genus by Poll & Gosse, 1995: 261 and Roberts & Kullander, 1994: 134
  • Treated as synonym of Haplochromis by van Oijen et al., 1991: 101

References

• Greenwood, P.H. 1979: Towards a phyletic classification of the 'genus' Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) and related taxa. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 35 (4): 265–322. BHL
• Oijen, M.J.P. van, Snoeks, J., Skelton, P.H., Maréchal, C. and Teugels, G.G. 1991: Haplochromis (pp. 100-184). In: Daget et al. 1991. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA 4.
• Poll, M. & Gosse, J.-P. 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique, 9: 1–324.
• Roberts, T.R. & Kullander, S.O. 1994: Endemic cichlid fishes of the Fwa River, Zaïre: systematics and ecology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 5 (2): 97–154. ISSN 0936-9902

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Thoracochromis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Thoracochromis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.