Dimidiochromis

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: Haplochromini
Genus: Dimidiochromis
Species: D. compressiceps – D. dimidiatus – D. kiwinge – D. strigatus
Name

Dimidiochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989: 88

Type species: Haplochromis strigatus Regan, 1922, fixed 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.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names
English: Malawi eye biter

Dimidiochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. All of its species are elongated in shape and predatory on smaller fishes.
Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

Dimidiochromis compressiceps (Boulenger, 1908) (Malawi eyebiter)
Dimidiochromis dimidiatus (Günther, 1864) (Ncheni haplo)
Dimidiochromis kiwinge (C. G. E. Ahl, 1926)
Dimidiochromis strigatus (Regan, 1922) (Sunset haplo)

References

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