Protomelas pleurotaenia

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: Protomelas
Species: Protomelas pleurotaenia

Name

Protomelas pleurotaenia (Boulenger, 1901)

Lectotype: BMNH 1906.9.6.139.

Paralectotypes: BMNH 1906.9.6.140-143 (2), 1906.9.6.145 (1, skeleton), 1906.9.6.146-147 (2), 1906.9.6.148-150 (3); MNHN 1903-0173 [ex BMNH] (1). Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:47.

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

Synonyms

• Cyrtocara pleurotaenia (Boulenger, 1901)
• Haplochromis microstoma Regan, 1922
• Haplochromis pleurotaenia (Boulenger, 1901)
• Limnotilapia pleurotaenia (Boulenger, 1901)
• Tilapia pleurotaenia Boulenger, 1901

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1901: Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J.E.S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) 7 (37): 1–6.
• Snoeks, J. & M. Hanssens 2004: Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. Pp. 266-310 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
• Protomelas pleurotaenia in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.