Ophthalmotilapia

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: Ectodini
Genus: Ophthalmotilapia
Species: O. boops – O. heterodonta – O. nasuta – O. ventralis
Name

Ophthalmotilapia Pellegrin, 1904:(165) 345

Type species: Tilapia boops Boulenger, 1901. Type by subsequent designation.
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.
Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50 (4): 367–382.

Ophthalmotilapia is a small genus of four cichlid species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Species

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

Ophthalmotilapia boops (Boulenger, 1901)
Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Boulenger, 1898)

References

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