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: Haplochromini
Genus: Lethrinops
Species: Lethrinops microdon

Name

Lethrinops microdon Eccles & Lewis, 1977

Holotype: BMNH 1977.1.11.413. [Paratypes: BMNH 1977.1.11.414-8 (5); MFRU (5, 3 lots); MRAC 77-02-P-5-7 (3); QVMS 3758-59 (2, 1); SAIAB (formerly RUSI) 917-918 (2, 1); USNM 216600-01 (1, 2)].

Type locality: Off Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, 14°03'S, 34°56'E, depth 30 fathoms.

Synonyms

  • Lethrinops stridei (non Eccles & Lewis, 1977)

References

  • Eccles, D.H. & Lewis, D.S.C. 1977. A taxonomic study of the genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Part 1. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 36: 1–12. Reference page. 
  • Ngatunga, B. & J. Snoeks 2004: Key to the shallow-water species of Lethrinops sensu lato. Pp. 252-260 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
  • Lethrinops microdon in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
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