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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: Limnochromini
Genus: Limnochromis
Species: L. abeelei – L. auritus – L. staneri
Name

Limnochromis Regan, 1920: 43

Type species: Paratilapia aurita Boulenger, 1901
Type by original designation
Gender: masculine

References

Regan, C.T. 1920: The classification of the fishes of the family Cichlidae.--I. The Tanganyika genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 9) 5 (25): 33–53. BHL

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Limnochromis auritus

Limnochromis auritus

Limnochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.
Species

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

Limnochromis abeelei Poll, 1949
Limnochromis auritus Boulenger, 1901 (Spangled cichlid)
Limnochromis staneri Poll, 1949

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Limnochromis". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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