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Otopharynx auromarginatus

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: Otopharynx
Species: Otopharynx auromarginatus

Name

* Otopharynx auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908)
o Original combination: Tilapia auromarginata
o Current combination authority: Regan, 1920: 38(fn.)
o Combination: Cyrtocara auromarginatus
o Combination: Haplochromis auromarginatus
o Primary type: lectotype, designated by Eccles & Trewavas (1989: 156) (BMNH 1908.10.27.86)
o Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa
o Secondary types: paralectotypes, BMNH 1908.10.27.87 (1), 1908.10.27.88 (1)


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.
* Eccles, D.H. & E. Trewavas 1989: Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H. W. Dieckhoff, West Germany: 1-334.
* Regan, C.T. 1920: The classification of the fishes of the family Cichlidae.-I. The Tanganyika genera. Annals and magazine of natural history (9), 5: 33-53. Internet Archive BHL


links

* FishBase link : species Otopharynx auromarginatus (Mirror site)

Vernacular names
English: Golden-margined Hap

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