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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: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis xenostoma
Name

Haplochromis xenostoma Regan, 1922

Lectotype: BMNH 1901.6.24.90. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1906.5.30.257 (1)]. Lectotype designated by Greenwood, 1967:51.

Type locality: Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza].
Synonyms

Paratilapia prognatha (non Pellegrin, 1904)
Prognathochromis xenostoma (Regan, 1922)

References

Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1922 (pt 1)(9): 157–191, Pls. 1-4.
van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57–110.
Haplochromis xenostoma in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Haplochromis xenostoma is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria, though it may be extinct. This species reaches a length of 20.3 centimetres (8.0 in) SL.[2]
References

Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2010). "Haplochromis xenostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T18332A8092931. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T18332A8092931.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis xenostoma" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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