Xenotilapia nasus

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: Ectodini
Genus: Xenotilapia
Species: Xenotilapia nasus

Name

Xenotilapia nasus De Vos, Risch & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1995

Holotype: MRAC 94-31-P-1. [Paratypes: CRH uncat. (1); CRRHA uncat. (8, 1, 2); MRAC 94-31-P-2-6 (5), P-7-8 (2), P-9-12 (4), P-13-14 (2), 95-37-P-1-4 (4), P-5-18 (14), P-19-20 (2), P-21-23 (3), 95-58-P-1 (1)].

Type locality: Gitaza, kilimeter 29 south of Bujumbura, Burundi, depth 68 meters.

References

• De Vos, L., L. Risch and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde 1995: Xenotilapia nasus, nouvelle espèce de poisson des zones sous-littorale et benthique du Nord du lac Tanganyika (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 6(4): 377–384.
• Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50(4): 367–382.
• Xenotilapia nasus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.