Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Otopharynx
Species (20): O. aletes – O. alpha – O. antron - O. argyrosoma - O. auromarginatus - O. brooksi - O. decorus - O. heterodon - O. lithobates – O. mumboensis – O. ovatus - O. pachycheilus – O. panniculus – O. peridodeka – – O. styrax – O. selenurus - O. speciosus - O. spelaeotesO. antron - O. argyrosoma - O. auromarginatus - O. brooksi - O. decorus - O. heterodon - O. lithobates - O. ovatus - O. pachycheilus - O. selenurus - O. speciosus - O. spelaeotesO. tetraspilus - O. tetrastigma
Name
Otopharynx Regan, 1920
Type species: Tilapia auromarginata Boulenger, 1908
Type by original designation [and monotypy]
References
Arnegard, M.E.; Snoeks, J. 2001: New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia, 2001 (3): 705–717. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0705:NTSCSW]2.0.CO;2
Cleaver, R.M.; Konings, A.F.; Stauffer, J.R., jr. 2009: Two new cave-dwelling cichlids of Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 20: 163–178. ISSN: 0936-9902 Abstract
Eccles, D.H. & Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H.W. Dieckhoff, Herten, West Germany: 1–334. Reference page.
Oliver, M.K. 2018. Six new species of the cichlid genus Otopharynx from Lake Malaŵi (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 59 (2): 159–197. DOI: 10.3374/014.059.0204 ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66CFE44F-095D-4E30-A0D5-0A65032EFC61 Reference page.
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
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Otopharynx species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Otopharynx and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
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