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: Labidochromis
Species: L. caeruleus – L. chisumulae – L. flavigulis – L. freibergi – L. gigas – L. heterodon – L. ianthinus – L. lividus – L. maculicauda – L. mathotho – L. mbenjii – L. mylodon – L. pallidus – L. shiranus – L. strigatus – L. textilis – L. vellicans – L. zebroides
Name
Labidochromis Trewavas, 1935:80
Type species: Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935.
Typ designation by monotypy.
References
Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 16(91): 65–118. PDF. Reference page.
Lewis, D.S.C. 1982: A revision of the genus Labidochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 75 (3): 189–265.
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
Labidochromis is a genus of cichlid fish that are endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. The genus includes 18 formally described species, and several yet undescribed species. It includes a number of species commonly kept in cichlid aquariums such as L. caeruleus (electric yellow). The species in this genus can easily hybridize, so if kept in an aquarium it is recommended to only have one species from this genus.
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Labidochromis caeruleus Fryer, 1956 (Blue streak hap)
Labidochromis chisumulae D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis flavigulis D. S. C. Lewis, 1982 (Chisumulu pearl)
Labidochromis freibergi D. S. Johnson, 1974
Labidochromis gigas D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis heterodon D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis ianthinus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis lividus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis maculicauda D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis mathotho W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1976
Labidochromis mbenjii D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis mylodon D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis pallidus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis perlmutt
Labidochromis shiranus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis strigatus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis textilis M. K. Oliver, 1975
Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935
Labidochromis zebroides D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
There is also one potentially undescribed species:
Labidochromis sp. Hongi
References
Wikispecies has information related to Labidochromis.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Labidochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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