Cyprichromis leptosoma

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: Cyprichromini
Genus: Cyprichromis
Species: Cyprichromis leptosoma

Name

Cyprichromis leptosoma (Boulenger, 1898)

Lectotype: BMNH 1898.9.9. 40. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.9.9.41 (1) Mbity, BMNH 1898.9.9.39 (1) Kinyamkolo; MNHN 1898-0699 [ex BMNH] (1). Lectotype designated by Takahashi & Hori, 2006:189, 191.

Type locality: Mbity Rocks, Lake Tanganyika.

Synonyms

Limnochromis leptosoma (Boulenger, 1898)
Paratilapia leptosoma 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. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Cyprichromini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) endemic to Lake Tanganyika and validation fo the genus Paracyprichromis. Ichthyological Research 51(1): 1–4. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0183-5 Reference page.
Takahashi, T. & Hori, M. 2006. Description of a new Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish of the genus Cyprichromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) with a note on sexual dimorphism. Journal of Fish Biology 68 (Supplement B): 174–192. DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.001055.x Reference page.
Takahashi, T., Sota, T. & Hori, M.; (in press): Genetic basis of male colour dimorphism in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology, Article first published online: 23 NOV 2012 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12120
Cyprichromis leptosoma in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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