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: Heterochrominae
Genus: Heterochromis
Species: H. multidens
Name
Heterochromis Regan, 1922: 252
Gender: masculine
Type species: Paratilapia multidens Pellegrin, 1900
Type by original designation [also monotypic]
Heterochromis multidens
References
Matthes, H. 1964: Les poissons du lac Tumba et de la région d'Ikela. Étude systématique et écologique. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (8), (126)
Oliver, M.K. 1979: Heterochromis multidens: The most plesiomorphic African cichlid fish? American zoologist, 19: 892. PDF
Pellegrin, J. 1900: Poissons nouveaux du Congo français. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 6: 98–101. BHL
Regan, C.T. 1922: The classification of the fishes of the family Cichlidae.--II. On African and Syrian genera not restricted to the Great Lakes. Annals and magazine of natural history (9), 10: 249–264. Internet Archive BHL
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Heterochromis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Eschmeyer, W.N., Catalog of Fishes (electronic version)
Vernacular names
Native name (language unknown) near Ikela, Tshuapa Province, Democratic Republic of Congo: likoke (Matthes, 1964: 12).
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