Lethrinops furcifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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: Lethrinops
Species: Lethrinops furcifer

Name

Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931

Lectotype: BMNH . [Paralectotypes: (11) MNHN 1937-0246 [ex BMNH] (1)].

Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

References

• Trewavas, E. 1931: A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Lethrinops Regan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10), 7(37): 133–152.
• Ngatunga, B. & J. Snoeks 2004: Key to the shallow-water species of Lethrinops sensu lato. Pp. 252-260 in: Snoeks, J. (ed). The cichlid diversity of Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa: identification, distribution and taxonomy. Cichlid Press, El Paso, Texas: 1–360.
• Lethrinops furcifer in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Greenface Sandsifter