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: Perissodini
Genus: Plecodus
Species: P. elaviae - P. multidentatus - P. paradoxus - P. straeleni
Name
Plecodus Boulenger, 1898: 497
Gender: masculine
Type species: Plecodus paradoxus Boulenger, 1898
Type by monotypy
References
Boulenger, G.A. 1898: Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1898 (pt 3): 494–497. BHL
Takahashi, T. 2003: Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, 50 (4): 367–382.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Plecodus is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They feed on scales.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
Plecodus elaviae Poll, 1949
Plecodus multidentatus Poll, 1952
Plecodus paradoxus Boulenger, 1898
Plecodus straeleni Poll, 1948
References
Takahashi, R.; Watanabe, K.; Nishida, M.; Hori, M. (2007). "Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: A molecular phylogenetic approach". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7: 195. Bibcode:2007BMCEE...7..195T. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-195. PMC 2212659. PMID 17945014.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Plecodus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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