Mchenga thinos

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 thinos

Name

Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)

Holotype: PSU 2623.1. [Paratypes: PSU 2623.2 (4), USNM 324570 (3), MFRU 5 (2)].

Type locality: Mazinzi Reef, 13°53'S, 34°59'E, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, depth 10-15 meters.

Synonyms

• Copadichromis thinos Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993 (Original combination)

References

Primary references

• Stauffer, J.R., Jr., LoVullo, T.J. & McKaye, K.R. 1993. Three new sand-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a discussion of the status of the genus Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Copeia 1993(4): 1017–1027. JSTOR Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

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