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: Ctenopharynx
Species: C. intermedius – C. nitidus – C. pictus
Name
Ctenopharynx Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:180
Type species: Hemichromis intermedius Günther, 1864. 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
Vernacular names
English: Perches
Ctenopharynx intermedius
Ctenopharynx is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids from East Africa. Two of its species are endemic to Lake Malawi, while the third occurs in Lake Malawi and the upper reaches of the Shire River.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
Ctenopharynx intermedius (Günther, 1864) (Blackspot Climbing Perch)
Ctenopharynx nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)
Ctenopharynx pictus (Trewavas, 1935)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ctenopharynx". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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