Alticorpus geoffreyi

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: Alticorpus
Species: Alticorpus geoffreyi

Name

Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004: 46

• Holotype: ♂ 132.0 mm SL, SADC/GEF 97/21/15/74. [Paratypes: SADC/GEF (many lots)]
• Type locality: North end of southwest and southeast arms, transect from Chipoka to Makanjila (Malawi), Lake Malawi, depth 98-100 meters

References

Primary references

• Snoeks, J. & Walapa, R. 2004. The genus Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye 1988. Chapter 4, pp. 27–56 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas. 360 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Alticorpus geoffreyi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.