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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: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Eretmodini
Genus: Spathodus
Species: S. erythrodon – S. marlieri
Name

Spathodus Boulenger, 1900:152

Type species: Spathodus erythrodon Boulenger, 1900. Type by monotypy.
References

Boulenger, G.A. 1900: Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Sixième Partie. Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology), 1 (fasc. 5): 129–164, Pls. 48-56.
Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50(4): 367–382.

Spathodus is a small genus of cichlids endemis to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Spathodus erythrodon Boulenger, 1900
Spathodus marlieri Poll, 1950

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Spathodus in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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