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Haplochromis xenostoma

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis xenostoma

Name

Haplochromis xenostoma Regan, 1922

Lectotype: BMNH 1901.6.24.90. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1906.5.30.257 (1)]. Lectotype designated by Greenwood, 1967:51.

Type locality: Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza].

Synonyms

* Paratilapia prognatha (non Pellegrin, 1904)
* Prognathochromis xenostoma (Regan, 1922)


References

* Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1922 (pt 1)(9): 157-191, Pls. 1-4.
* van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57-110.
* FishBase link : species Haplochromis xenostoma (Mirror site)

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