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: Ctenochromis
Species: C. horei – C. luluae – C. oligacanthus – C. pectoralis – C. polli
Name
Ctenochromis Pfeffer, 1893:153
Type species: Ctenochromis pectoralis Pfeffer, 1893. Type by subsequent designation.
References
Pfeffer, G.J. 1893: Ostafrikanische Fische gesammelt von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann in Jahre 1888 und 1889. Jahrbuck der Hamburgischen Wissenschaflichen Anstalten, 10: 131–177, 3 pls.
Poll, M. & J.P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Ctenochromis horei
Ctenochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to the Lake Tanganyika and Congo River basins in Africa.
At present, 5 species are validly described in Ctenochromis:[1]
Ctenochromis horei (Günther, 1894)
Ctenochromis luluae (Fowler, 1930)
Ctenochromis oligacanthus (Regan, 1922)
Ctenochromis pectoralis Pfeffer, 1893 – Pangani Haplo (listed as extinct by the IUCN, but this appears to be incorrect).[2]
Ctenochromis polli (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964)
An undescribed population that appears to be a distinct species is:
Ctenochromis aff. pectoralis
Footnotes
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ctenochromis". FishBase. June 2018 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ctenochromis pectoralis". FishBase. April 2013 version.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Ctenochromis.
FishBase [2009]: Ctenochromis species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-03.
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