Mchenga inornata

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: Mchenga
Species: Mchenga inornata

Name

Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908)

Lectotype: BMNH 1908.10.27.101. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1908.10.27.102 (1)]. Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:309.

Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Copadichromis inornatus (Boulenger, 1908)
• Cyrtocara inornata (Boulenger, 1908)
• Haplochromis inornatus (Boulenger, 1908)
• Tilapia inornata Boulenger, 1908

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1908: Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8), 2(9): 238–243.
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & Konings, A.F. 2006. Review of Copadochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17(1): 9–42. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Mchenga inornata in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.