Cyprichromis

Life-forms

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: Cyprichromini
Genus: Cyprichromis
Species: C. coloratus – C. leptosoma – C. microlepidotus – C. pavo – C. zonatus
Name

Cyprichromis Scheuermann, 1977:71

Type species: Paratilapia leptosoma Boulenger, 1898. Type by original designation.
References

Scheuermann, H. 1977: A partial revision of the genus Limnochromis Regan 1920. Cichlidae -- Journal of the British Cichlid Association, 3(2): 69–73.
Takahashi, T. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Cyprichromini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) endemic to Lake Tanganyika and validation fo the genus Paracyprichromis. Ichthyological Research 51(1): 1–4. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0183-5 Reference page.

Cyprichromis is a genus of cichlids with five species. They are also known as the herring cichlids or sardine cichlids, since they form large schools in the open water of Lake Tanganyika. Of the known species, only C. microlepidotus has been recorded outside Lake Tanganyika (in eastern Tanzania).
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Cyprichromis coloratus T. Takahashi & M. Hori, 2006
Cyprichromis leptosoma (Boulenger, 1898)
Cyprichromis microlepidotus (Poll, 1956)
Cyprichromis pavo Büscher, 1994
Cyprichromis zonatus T. Takahashi, M. Hori & Nakaya, 2002

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cyprichromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.