Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes 

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: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Chromidotilapia
Species: Chromidotilapia melaniae

Name

Chromidotilapia melaniae Lamboj, 2003

Holotype: AMNH 232533. [Paratypes: AMNH 232534-35 (2, 2); CU 79914 (17); MRAC-A2-011-P-7-9 (3); NMW 94633 (3)].

Type locality: Small creek on route Tehibanga-Mayumbe east of village Malounga, Yola system, Gabon.

References

  • Lamboj, A. 2003: Chromidotilapia melaniae and C. nana, two new cichlid species (Perciformes, Cichlidae) from Gabon, Central Africa. Zootaxa, 143: 1–15.
  • Lamboj, A. 2002: Chromidotilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in Gabon, with a redescripion of Chromidotilapia regani (Pellegrin, 1906). Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie, 3: 71–85.
  • Chromidotilapia melaniae in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
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