Superregnum: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Mylochromis
Species: 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
* 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.
* Trewavas, E. 1935: A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10), 16(91): 65-118.
* Snoeks, J. & M. Hanssens 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.
