Haplochromis nyererei

Haplochromis nyererei

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: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis nyererei

Name

Haplochromis nyererei Witte-Maas & Witte, 1985

Holotype: RMNH 29456. Paratypes: BMNH 1985.2.19.6-7 (2); RMNH 29457 (1), 29459 (1), 29500 (?); Mus. Dar es Salaam (?). Paratypes not clearly stated in the original.

Type locality: Mwanza Gulf, Tanzania, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza].

Synonyms

• Pundamilia nyerere (Witte-Maas & Witte, 1985)
• Pundamilia nyererei (Witte-Maas & Witte, 1985)

References

• Seehausen, O., Lippitsch, E., Bouton, N. & Zwennes, H. 1998. Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 9(2): 129–228. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Witte-Maas, E.L.M. & Witte, F. 1985. Haplochromis nyererei, a new cichlid fish from Lake Victoria named in honour of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania. Leiden: 1–13.
• van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996. The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 302: 57–110.
• Haplochromis nyererei in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.