Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: 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: Mchenga
Species: Mchenga thinos

Name

Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)

Holotype: PSU 2623.1. [Paratypes: PSU 2623.2 (4), USNM 324570 (3), MFRU 5 (2)].

Type locality: Mazinzi Reef, 13°53'S, 34°59'E, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, depth 10-15 meters.

Synonyms

References

  • Stauffer, J.R., Jr., T.J. LoVullo & K.R. McKaye 1993: Three new sand-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a discussion of the status of the genus Copadichromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Copeia, 1993(4): 1017–1027.
  • Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & A.F. Konings 2006: Review of Copadochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 17(1): 9–42.
  • Mchenga thinos in FishBase,
    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2019.
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