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: Mylochromis
Species (21): M. anaphyrmus - M. balteatus - M. chekopae - M. ensatus - M. epichorialis – M. ericotaenia – M. formosus – M. gracilis – M. guentheri – M. incola – M. labidodon – M. lateristriga – M. melanonotus – M. melanotaenia – M. mola – M. mollis – M. obtusus – M. plagiotaenia – M. semipalatus – M. sphaerodon – M. spilostichus
Name
Mylochromis Regan, 1920: 45
Type species: Chromis lateristriga Günther, 1864. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
Synonyms
Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:203
Platygnathochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:228
References
Primary 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
Additional references
Derijst, E. & Snoeks, J. 1992: Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989, a junior synonym of Mylochromis Regan 1920 (Teleostei, Cichlidae). Cybium, 16 (2): 173.
Snoeks, J. & Hanssens, M. 2004: Identification guidelines to other non-mbuna. Pp. 266-310 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. 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.
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Mylochromis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Mylochromis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Mylochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Mylochromis anaphyrmus (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
Mylochromis balteatus (Trewavas, 1935)
Mylochromis chekopae G. F. Turner & Howarth, 2001
Mylochromis ensatus G. F. Turner & Howarth, 2001
Mylochromis epichorialis (Trewavas, 1935)
Mylochromis ericotaenia (Regan, 1922)
Mylochromis formosus (Trewavas, 1935)
Mylochromis gracilis (Trewavas, 1935) (Torpedostripe Haplochromis)
Mylochromis guentheri (Regan, 1922)
Mylochromis incola (Trewavas, 1935) (Golden Mola Hap)
Mylochromis labidodon (Trewavas, 1935)
Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther, 1864) (Basket Hap)
Mylochromis melanonotus (Regan, 1922) (Yellow Black Line Hap)
Mylochromis melanotaenia (Regan, 1922)
Mylochromis mola (Trewavas, 1935) (Mola Hap)
Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935) (Softy hap)
Mylochromis obtusus (Trewavas, 1935)
Mylochromis plagiotaenia (Regan, 1922)
Mylochromis semipalatus (Trewavas, 1935)
Mylochromis sphaerodon (Regan, 1922) (Roundtooth Hap)
Mylochromis spilostichus (Trewavas, 1935)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mylochromis". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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