Maylandia callainos

Maylandia callainos

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: Maylandia
Species: Maylandia callainos

Name

Maylandia callainos (Stauffer & Hert, 1992)

Holotype: PSU 2542.1. [Paratypes: MFU 2 (4), PSU 2542.2 (6), USNM 322426 (9)].

Type locality: Nkhata Bay, 11°35'S, 34°41'E, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa, depth 3-4 meters.

Synonyms

• Metriaclima callainos (Stauffer & Hert, 1992)
• Pseudotropheus callainos Stauffer & Hert, 1992

References

• Stauffer, J. R., Jr. & E. Hert 1992: Pseudotropheus callainos, a new species of mbuna (Cichlidae), with analyses of changes associated with two intra-lacustrine transplantations in Lake Malawi, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 3 (3): 253–264.
• Stauffer, J.R., Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg, & K.R. McKaye 1997: A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malaŵi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 148: 189–230. Abstract & extract
• Condé, B. & J. Géry 1999: Maylandia Meyer et Foerster, 1984, un nom générique disponible (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 26 (1-2): 21–22.

Links

• Maylandia callainos in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.