Nyassachromis

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: Haplochromini
Genus: Nyassachromis
Species: N. boadzulu – N. breviceps – N. leuciscus – N. microcephalus – N. nigritaeniatus – N. prostoma – N. purpurans – N. serenus
Name

Nyassachromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:75

Type species: Haplochromis breviceps Regan, 1922

Type by original designation
References

Eccles, D.H. & Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, H.W. Dieckhoff, Herten, West Germany: 1–334. Reference page.
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.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Nyassachromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi. They are open-water mouthbrooders, an ecological niche known as utaka to locals.
Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]

Nyassachromis boadzulu (Iles, 1960)
Nyassachromis breviceps (Regan, 1922)
Nyassachromis leuciscus (Regan, 1922) (Small Green Utaka)
Nyassachromis microcephalus (Trewavas, 1935)
Nyassachromis nigritaeniatus (Trewavas, 1935)
Nyassachromis prostoma (Trewavas, 1935)
Nyassachromis purpurans (Trewavas, 1935)
Nyassachromis serenus (Trewavas, 1935)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Nyassachromis in FishBase. April 2013 version.