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: Neochromis
Species (6): N. gigas – N. greenwoodi – N. nigricans – N. omnicaeruleus – N. rufocaudalis – N. simotes
Note: The above species are sometimes referred to Haplochromis
Name
Neochromis Regan, 1920: 45
Type species: Tilapia simotes Boulenger, 1911 - now a junior subjective synonym of Neochromis nigricans (Boulenger, 1906)
Type by original designation [also monotypic]
Synonymy
Treated as synonym of Haplochromis by van Oijen et al., 1991: 101 and van Oijen, 1996
Treated as valid genus by Poll & Gosse, 1995: 284 and Seehausen et al., 1998: 139
References
Poll, M. & Gosse, J.-P. 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique 9: 1–324.
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
Seehausen, O., Lippitsch, E., Bouton, N. & Zwennes, H. 1998. Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 9(2): 129–228. ResearchGate Reference page.
van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996. The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen 302: 57–110. PDF. Reference page.
Van Oijen, M.J.P., Snoeks, J., Skelton, P.H., Maréchal, C. and Teugels, G.G. 1991: Haplochromis (pp. 100-184). In: Daget et al. 1991. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA 4.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Neochromis simotes
Neochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Victoria. This genus is currently considered a synonym of Haplochromis pending a comprehensive review of the haplochromine cichlids, though if recognized as a valid genus it would contain the following species[1]
Neochromis gigas Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998
Neochromis greenwoodi Seehausen & Bouton, 1998
Neochromis omnicaeruleus Seehausen & Bouton, 1998
Neochromis rufocaudalis Seehausen & Bouton, 1998
Neochromis simotes (Boulenger 1911)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Neochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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