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: Buccochromis
Species: B. atritaeniatus – B. heterotaenia – B. lepturus – B. nototaenia – B. oculatus – B. rhoadesii – B. spectabilis
Name
Buccochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:236
Type species: Paratilapia nototaenia Boulenger, 1902. Type by original designation.
References
Eccles, D.H. & Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H.W. Dieckhoff, Herten, West Germany: 1–334. Reference page.
Snoeks, J. & Hanssens, M. 2004. Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. pp. 266–310 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas.: 1–360.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Buccochromis rhoadesii
Buccochromis is a genus of relatively large haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi and the upper Shire River in East Africa.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
Buccochromis atritaeniatus (Regan, 1922)
Buccochromis heterotaenia (Trewavas, 1935)
Buccochromis lepturus (Regan, 1922) (Slendertail Hap)
Buccochromis nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902) (Stripeback Hap)
Buccochromis oculatus (Trewavas, 1935)
Buccochromis rhoadesii (Boulenger, 1908)
Buccochromis spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Buccochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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