Taxonomy Profile: Melanochromis (Trewavas 1935)

Melanochromis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
twostripe mbunas []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Melanochromis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Acanthopterygii
Order : Perciformes
perch-like fishes |
Suborder : Labroidei
parrotfishes |
rainbowfishes |
wrasses |
labres |
poissons-perroquets |
Family : Cichlidae
cichlids |
cichlidés |
tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce |
Genus : Melanochromis
twostripe mbunas |
Melanochromis Direct Children(s):
Melanochromis auratus
(Boulenger 1897)
Melanochromis johannii
(Eccles 1973)
Melanochromis vermivorus
(Trewavas 1935)
Melanochromis baliodigma
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis benetos
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis brevis
(Trewavas 1935)
Melanochromis chipokae
(Johnson 1975)
Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis dialeptos
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis elastodema
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis heterochromis
(Bowers and Stauffer 1993)
Melanochromis labrosus
(Trewavas 1935)
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis loriae
(Johnson 1975)
Melanochromis mellitus
(Johnson 1976)
Melanochromis parallelus
(Burgess and Axelrod 1976)
Melanochromis perileucos
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis perspicax
(Trewavas 1935)
Melanochromis robustus
(Johnson 1985)
Melanochromis simulans
(Eccles 1973)
Melanochromis xanthodigma
(Bowers and Stauffer 1997)
Melanochromis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Wayne C. Starnes
Notes:
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Reference for:
Melanochromis
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Melanochromis
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Melanochromis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-01-01 / 1990-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Genera of Recent Fishes
Page(s):
iii + 697
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-23-8/
Notes:
Reference for:
Melanochromis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Melanochromis
Melanochromis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Melanochromis: Comments