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: Melanochromis
Species (19): M. auratus – M. baliodigma – M. brevis – M. chipokae – M. dialeptos – M. heterochromis – M. interruptus – M. joanjohnsonae – M. johannii – M. kaskazini – M. lepidiadaptes – M. loriae – M. melanopterus – M. mossambiquensis – M. mpoto – M. robustus – M. simulans – M. vermivorus – M. wochepa
Name
Melanochromis Trewavas, 1935: 77
Gender: masculine
Type species: Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935
Fixation: original designation
References
Primary 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.
Additional references
Bowers, N. & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1997: Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8 (1): 49–70.
Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R., jr. 2012: Review of the Lake Malaŵi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3258: 1–27. Preview PDF
Konings-Dudin, G., Konings, A.F., & Stauffer, J.R., Jr. 2009: Descriptions of three new species of Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) and a redescription of M. vermivorus. Zootaxa, 2076: 37–59. PDF
Oliver, M.K. & Arnegard, M.E. 2010: A new genus for Melanochromis labrosus, a problematic Lake Malawi cichlid with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 21 (3): 209–232. ISSN: 0936-9902 Abstract PDF
Tawil, P. 2002: Notes sur le genre Melanochromis et l'appartenance générique de Pseudotropheus johannii Eccles, 1973, et espèces apparentées. L'an Cichlidé, 2: 61–68. ISSN 1632-1308
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Vernacular names
English: Mbuna Fish
Melanochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa. Ecologically, they belong to the rock-dwelling mbuna cichlids of Lake Malawi.
Melanochromis are typically small, slim but muscular fishes with lengthwise stripes of black, yellow and blue. They usually display strong sexual dichromatism.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897) (Golden Mbuna, Auratus Cichlid, Malawi Golden Cichlid)
Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
Melanochromis chipokae D. S. Johnson, 1975
Melanochromis dialeptos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer, 1993
Melanochromis kaskazini Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
Melanochromis loriae D. S. Johnson, 1975
Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935
Melanochromis mossambiquensis Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009
Melanochromis mpoto Konings & Stauffer, 2012.[1]
Melanochromis robustus D. S. Johnson, 1985
Melanochromis simulans Eccles, 1973
Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935 (Purple Mbuna)
Melanochromis wochepa Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009
References
Konings, Adrianus F.; Stauffer Jr., Jay R. (2012). "Review of the Lake Malaŵi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3258: 1–27. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3258.1.1.
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