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Otopharynx brooksi

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 brooksi

Name

Otopharynx brooksi Oliver, 1989

Holotype: USNM 304655. [Paratypes: AMNH 58748SW (2, c&s); USNM 304656 (1), 314127 (1)].

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

Synonyms

* Cyrtocara brooksi Oliver, 1984 (name used in unpublished dissertation, not valid for nomenclature)


References

* 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.
* FishBase link : species Otopharynx brooksi (Mirror site)

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