Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Cichliformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Melanochromis
Species (19):
M. auratus –
M. baliodigma –
M. brevis –
M. chipokae –
M. dialeptos –
M. heterochromis –
M. interruptus –
M. joanjohnsonae –
M. johannii –
M. kaskazini –
M. lepidiadaptes –
M. loriae –
M. melanopterus –
M. mossambiquensis –
M. mpoto –
M. robustus –
M. simulans –
M. vermivorus –
M. wochepa
Name
- Melanochromis Trewavas, 1935: 77
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935
- Fixation: original designation
References
Primary references
- Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 16(91): 65–118. PDF. Reference page.
Additional references
- Bowers, N. & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1997: Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8 (1): 49–70.
- Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R., jr. 2012: Review of the Lake Malaŵi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3258: 1–27. Preview PDF
- Konings-Dudin, G., Konings, A.F., & Stauffer, J.R., Jr. 2009: Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa, 2076: 37–59. PDF
- Oliver, M.K. & Arnegard, M.E. 2010: A new genus for Melanochromis labrosus, a problematic Lake Malawi cichlid with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 21 (3): 209–232. ISSN: 0936-9902 Abstract PDF
- Tawil, P. 2002: Notes sur le genre Melanochromis et l'appartenance générique de Pseudotropheus johannii Eccles, 1973, et espèces apparentées. L'an Cichlidé, 2: 61–68. ISSN 1632-1308