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: Otopharynx
Species: Otopharynx ovatus
Name
Otopharynx ovatus Trewavas, 1935
Holotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.1487. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1935.6.14.1488-1489 (2)]. Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:159.
Type locality: Southern end of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.
Synonyms
Cyrtocara ovata (Trewavas, 1935)
Cyrtocara ovatus (Trewavas, 1935)
Haplochromis ovatus Trewavas, 1935
References
Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 16(91): 65–118. PDF. Reference page.
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.
Oliver, M.K. & Arnegard, M.E. 2010: A new genus for Melanochromis labrosus, a problematic Lake Malawi cichlid with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 21 (3): 209–232. ISSN: 0936-9902 Abstract PDF
Links
Otopharynx ovatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Otopharynx ovatus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
References
Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Otopharynx ovatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61001A47227844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61001A47227844.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Otopharynx ovatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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