Ophthalmotilapia ventralis

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: Ectodini
Genus: Ophthalmotilapia
Species: Ophthalmotilapia ventralis

Name

Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Boulenger, 1898)

Holotype: BMNH 1898.9.9.33-37 (79 mm SL). [Paralectotypes: (9) BMNH 1898.9.9.33-35 (3), 36-37 (now 0); ?MCZ 32325 (1); MNHN 1898-0698 [ex BMNH 1898.9.9.36-37] (1); MRAC [ex BMNH 1898.9.9.36-37] (1). Lectotype designated in Poll & Matthes, 1962 as BMNH 1898.9.9:33-37 (from Kinyamkolo)].

Type locality: Kinyamkolo, Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms

  • Ophthalmochromis ventralis (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Paratilapia ventralis Boulenger, 1898
  • Ophthalmochromis ventralis ventralis (Boulenger, 1898)

References

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1898: Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1898 (pt 3): 494–497.
  • Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50 (4): 367–382.
  • Ophthalmotilapia ventralis in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
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