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 speciosus
Name
Otopharynx speciosus Trewavas, 1935
Lectotype: BMNH 1935.6.14.1650. [Paralectotypes: BMNH 1935.6.14.1649 (1)]. Lectotype designated by Eccles & Trewavas, 1989:166.
Type locality: Vua, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.
Synonyms
Cyrtocara speciosa (Trewavas, 1935)
Haplochromis speciosus 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.
Links
Otopharynx speciosus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Otopharynx speciosus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. This species can reach a length of 25.2 centimetres (9.9 in) TL. It has not yet been collected and exported for the aquarium trade.
References
Konings, A. & Kazembe, J. (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Otopharynx speciosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61003A155047859. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61003A155047859.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Otopharynx speciosus" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
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