Mchenga

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: Mchenga
Species: M. conophoros – M. cyclicos – M. eucinostomus – M. flavimanus – M. inornata – M. thinos
Name

Mchenga Stauffer & Konings, 2006: 37

Type species: Copadichromis cyclicos Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993. Type by original designation.
References
Primary references

Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & Konings, A.F. 2006. Review of Copadochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17(1): 9–42. ResearchGate Reference page.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Mchenga is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are part of a group known as utaka.
Species

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

Mchenga conophoros (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
Mchenga flavimanus (Iles, 1960)
Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908)
Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)

References

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