Nanochromis

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: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Nanochromis
Species: N. consortus – N. minor – N. nudiceps – N. parilus – N. splendens – N. teugelsi – N. transvestitus – N. wickleri
Name

Nanochromis Pellegrin, 1904:(163) 273

Type species: Pseudoplesiops nudiceps Boulenger, 1899. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Pseudoplesiops Boulenger, 1899, preoccupied by Pseudoplesiops Bleeker, 1858.
References

Pellegrin, J. 1904: Contribution à l'étude anatomique, biologique et taxinomique des poissons de la famille des Cichlidés. Memoires Societe Zoologique de France, 16(2-4): 41–400, Pls. 4-7.
Poll, M. & J.P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.
Stiassny, M.L.J. and Schliewen, U.K. 2007: Congochromis, a new cichlid genus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Central Africa, with the description of a new species from the Upper Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. American Museum Novitates (3576), 16 pp. ISSN 0003-0082. [Revised diagnosis of Nanochromis, p. 3] Abstract with link to free full text

Nanochromis is a genus of small cichlids endemic to the Congo River Basin in Central Africa.
Species

The genus Congochromis was split from Nanochromis in 2007. The following species remain in Nanochromis:[1]

Nanochromis consortus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
Nanochromis minor T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
Nanochromis nudiceps (Boulenger, 1899)
Nanochromis parilus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
Nanochromis splendens T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
Nanochromis teugelsi Lamboj & Schelly, 2006
Nanochromis transvestitus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1984
Nanochromis wickleri Schliewen & Stiassny, 2006

In addition, a couple of undescribed species are known.[2]
References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Nanochromis in FishBase. April 2011 version.

Schwarzer, J.; B. Misof; S.N. Ifuta; U.K. Schliewen (2011). "Time and Origin of Cichlid Colonization of the Lower Congo Rapids". PLOS ONE. 6 (7): e22380. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...622380S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022380. PMC 3140524. PMID 21799840.

"Nanochromis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 June 2006.