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Haplochromis aelocephalus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis aelocephalus

Name

Haplochromis aelocephalus Greenwood, 1959

Holotype: BMNH 1958.1.16.244. [Paratypes: BMNH 1958.1.16.215 (1), .216 (1), .217 (1), .218-224 (7), .225-228 (4), .229-231 (3), .232-233 (2), .234-235 (2), .236-242 (7), .243 (1)].

Type locality: Igwe Island, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Uganda.

Synonyms

* Psammochromis aelocephalus (Greenwood, 1959)


References

* Greenwood, P.H. 1959: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 5(7): 179-218.
* van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57-110.
* FishBase link : species Haplochromis aelocephalus (Mirror site)

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