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: Lethrinops
Species: L. albus – L. altus – L. argenteus – L. auritus – L. christyi – L. furcifer – L. gossei – L. leptodon – L. lethrinus – L. longimanus – L. longipinnis – L. lunaris – L. macracanthus – L. macrochir – L. macrophthalmus – L. marginatus – L. micrentodon – L. microdon – L. microstoma – L. mylodon – L. oculatus – L. parvidens – L. stridei – L. turneri
Name
Lethrinops Regan, 1922: 719
Type species: Chromis lethrinus Günther, 1894
Type by original designation
References
Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Nyassa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1921 (pt 4) (36): 675–727, Pls. 1-6. BHL
Ngatunga, B. & J. Snoeks 2004: Key to the shallow-water species of Lethrinops sensu lato. Pp. 252-260 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
Trewavas, E. 1931: A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Lethrinops, Regan. Annals and magazine of natural history (10) 7(37): 133-152. DOI: 10.1080/00222933108673287 Reference page.
Lethrinops is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, they are known as the sandeaters or sandsifters.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Lethrinops albus Regan, 1922
Lethrinops altus Trewavas, 1931
Lethrinops argenteus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926
Lethrinops auritus (Regan, 1922) (golden sand-eater)
Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931
Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931 (greenface sandsifter)
Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
Lethrinops leptodon Regan, 1922
Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther, 1894)
Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931
Lethrinops longipinnis Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1978
Lethrinops lunaris Trewavas, 1931
Lethrinops macracanthus Trewavas, 1931
Lethrinops macrochir (Regan, 1922)
Lethrinops macrophthalmus (Boulenger, 1908)
Lethrinops marginatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926 (Lethrinops rounded head)
Lethrinops micrentodon (Regan, 1922)
Lethrinops microdon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
Lethrinops microstoma Trewavas, 1931 (littletooth sandeater)
Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1979
Lethrinops oculatus Trewavas, 1931
Lethrinops parvidens Trewavas, 1931 (Lethrinops red flush)
Lethrinops stridei Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lethrinops in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links
Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1977. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 1. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 36. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1978. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 2. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 37. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1979. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 3. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 38. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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