Pelmatochromis

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: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Pelmatochromis
Species: P. buettikoferi – P. nigrofasciatus – P. ocellifer
Name

Pelmatochromis Steindachner, 1894:40

Type species: Paratilapia (Pelmatochromis) buettikoferi Steindachner, 1894. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, 1920:465 and by Regan, 1922:252.

Pelmatochromis buettikoferi

References

Steindachner, F. 1894: Die Fische Liberia's. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 16 (1-2, Note 1): 1–96, Pls. 1-4.
Poll, M. & J.P. Gosse 1995: Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Mémoire de la Classe des Sciences. Académie royale de Belgique. 9: 1–324.

Pelmatochromis is a small genus of fishes in the cichlid family. Of its three species, two are endemic to the Middle Africa, and one is endemic to tropical West Africa. Depending on the exact species, they reach about 11.5–16.5 centimetres (4.5–6.5 in) in length.[1] This genus is sometimes placed in its own clade, informally referred to as the pelmatochromines, and this as the Pelmatochromini, may be the sister taxon to the Chromidotilapiini.[2]
Species

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

Pelmatochromis buettikoferi (Steindachner, 1894)
Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus (Pellegrin, 1900)
Pelmatochromis ocellifer (Boulenger, 1899)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pelmatochromis in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Peter Humphry Greenwood (1987). "The Genera of Pelmatochromine Fishes (Teleosti:Cichlidae). A Phylogenetic Review". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 53 (3).