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Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bowers, N. J.; Stauffer, Jr., J. R. (1997). Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 8 (1): 49-70.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Melanochromis
species
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes

Name

Homonyms
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
Common names
美艳黑丽鱼 in language.
美艷黑麗魚 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Bowers, N. J.; Stauffer, Jr., J. R. (1997). Eight new species of rock-dwelling cichlids of the genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa. <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 8 (1): 49-70.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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