Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae: Haplochromini – East African cichlids

Main Groups of Teleostean Bonyfishes

Note:

This list of Haplochromine cichlids is not complete. I will update it from time to time.

After Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The FishBase”], Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001, Stauffer & Kellogg, 2002, and Oliver, 1997-2005 [“The cichlid fishes of Lake Mala^wi, Africa”]

<==o Haplochromini (East African cichlids; Itä-Afrikan  kirjoahvenet)
   |?-o Astatoreochromis [3]
   |  |-- A. alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 (Alluaud's haplo)
   |  |-- A. straeleni (Poll, 1944) (Bluelip haplo)
   |  `-- A. vanderhorsti (Greenwood, 1954)
   |?-o Astatotilapia ()? [2]
   |  |-- A. calliptera (Günther, 1894) (Eastern happy)
   |  `-- A. bloyeti
   |?- Cheilochromis euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) (Malawi thick lip)
   |?- Haplochromis [207]
   |?-o Pseudocrenilabrus [3]
   |  |--o P. multicolor
   |  |  |-- P. m. multicolor (Schoeller, 1903) (Egyptian mouth-brooder)
   |  |  `-- P. m. victoriae Seegers, 1990 (Dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder)
   |  |-- P. nicholsi (Pellegrin, 1928)
   |  `--o P. philander (Weber, 1897)
   |     |-- P. p. dispersus (Trewavas, 1936)
   |     |-- P. p. luebberti (Hilgendorf, 1902)
   |     `-- P. p. philander (Weber, 1897) (Southern mouthbrooder)
   |-- Serranochromis [19]
   |?-o “Lake Malawi haplos”
   |  |--o Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 [5]
   |  |  |-- A. geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004
   |  |  |-- A. macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985)
   |  |  |-- A. mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
   |  |  |-- A. peterdaviesi (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) [incl. A. pectinatum Stauffer & McKaye, 1988; Snoeks & Walapa, 2004]
   |  |  `-- A. profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
   |  |-- Aristochromis christyi Trewavas, 1935
   |  |-- Aulonocara [17]
   |  |--o Buccochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [7]
   |  |  |-- B. atritaeniatus (Regan, 1922)
   |  |  |-- B. heterotaenia (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- B. lepturus (Regan, 1922) (Slender tail hap)
   |  |  |-- B. nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902) (Stripeback hap)
   |  |  |-- B. oculatus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- B. rhoadesii (Boulenger, 1908)
   |  |  `-- B. spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |--o Caprichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [2]
   |  |  |-- C. liemi (Mckaye & Mackenzie, 1982) (Happy)
   |  |  `-- C. orthognathus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |--o Champsochromis Boulenger, 1915 [2]
   |  |  |-- C. caeruleus (Boulenger, 1908)
   |  |  `-- C. spilorhynchus (Regan, 1922)
   |  |-- Chilochromis duponti Boulenger, 1902
   |  |-- Chilotilapia rhoadesii Boulenger, 1908 (Bream)
   |  |-- Copadichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [27]
   |  |--o Corematodus Boulenger, 1897 [2]
   |  |  |-- C. shiranus Boulenger, 1897
   |  |  `-- C. taeniatus Trewavas, 1935
   |  |--o Ctenopharynx Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [3]
   |  |  |-- C. intermedius (Günther, 1864) (Blackspot climbing perch)
   |  |  |-- C. nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  `-- C. pictus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |-- Cyrtocara moorii Boulenger, 1902 (Hump-head)
   |  |--o Dimidiochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [4]
   |  |  |-- D. compressiceps (Boulenger, 1908) (Malawi eyebiter)
   |  |  |-- D. dimidiatus (Günther, 1864) (Ncheni type haplochromis)
   |  |  |-- D. kiwinge (Ahl, 1926)
   |  |  `-- D. strigatus (Regan, 1922) (Haplochromis sunset)
   |  |--o Diplotaxodon Trewavas, 1935 [7]
   |  |  |-- D. aeneus Turner & Stauffer, 1998
   |  |  |-- D. apogon Turner & Stauffer, 1998
   |  |  |-- D. argenteus Trewavas, 1935
   |  |  |-- D. ecclesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973
   |  |  |-- D. greenwoodi Stauffer & McKaye, 1986
   |  |  |-- D. limnothrissa Turner, 1994
   |  |  |-- D. macrops Turner & Stauffer, 1998
   |  |  `?- D. sp. 1
   |  |--o Docimodus Boulenger, 1897 [2]
   |  |  |-- D. evelynae Eccles & Lewis, 1976
   |  |  `-- D. johnstoni Boulenger, 1897
   |  |--o Eclectochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [3]
   |  |  |-- E. festivus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- E. lobochilus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  `-- E. ornatus (Regan, 1922)
   |  |-- Exochochromis anagenys (Oliver, 1989) Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Threespot torpedo)
   |  |-- Fossorochromis rostratus (Boulenger, 1899) Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
   |  |-- Hemitaeniochromis urotaenia (Regan, 1922) Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
   |  |-- Hemitilapia oxyrhyncha Boulenger, 1902 (Giant Haplochromis)
   |  |-- Lethrinops Regan, 1922 [32, 8 undescribed]
   |  |-- Lichnochromis acuticeps Trewavas, 1935 (Malawi gar)
   |  |-- Mylochromis Regan, 1920 [Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989] [18]
   |  |-- Naevochromis chrysogaster (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |--+-- Placidochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [44] [paraphyletic]
   |  |  `--o Nimbochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [7]
   |  |     |?- N. fuscotaeniatus (Regan, 1922) (Fuscotaeniatus)
   |  |     |?- N. maculimanus (Regan, 1922) [=? N. polystigma]
   |  |     |-- N. venustus (Boulenger, 1908)
   |  |     `--+-- N. livingstonii (Günther, 1894)
   |  |        `--+?- N. pardalis (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |           `--+-- N. polystigma (Regan, 1922)
   |  |              `-- N. linni (Burgess & Axelrod, 1975)
   |  |--o Nyassachromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [6]
   |  |  |-- N. breviceps (Regan, 1922)
   |  |  |-- N. leuciscus (Regan, 1922) (Small green utaka)
   |  |  |-- N. microcephalus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- N. nigritaeniatus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- N. purpurans (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  `-- N. serenus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |?-o Otopharynx Regan, 1920 [13]
   |  |  |-- O. argyrosoma (Regan, 1922)
   |  |  |-- O. auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908) (Golden-margined haplo)
   |  |  |-- O. brooksi (Oliver, 1989)
   |  |  |-- O. decorus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- O. heterodon (Trewavas, 1935) (Royal blue haplo)
   |  |  |-- O. lithobates (Oliver, 1989)
   |  |  |-- O. ovatus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- O. pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001 [Otopharynx “rubber lips”]
   |  |  |-- O. selenurus Regan, 1922
   |  |  |-- O. speciosus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- O. tetraspilus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- O. tetrastigma (Günther, 1894)
   |  |  `-- O. walteri Konings, 1990 (Aristochromis deep)
   |  |-- Pallidochromis tokolosh Turner, 1994
   |  |-- Platygnathochromis melanonotus (Regan, 1922) Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 (Haplochromis yellow black line)
   |  |-- Protomelas [16]
   |  |--o Rhamphochromis Regan, 1922 [8]
   |  |  |-- R. brevis Trewavas, 1935
   |  |  |-- R. esox (Boulenger, 1908)
   |  |  |-- R. ferox Regan, 1922
   |  |  |-- R. leptosoma Regan, 1922
   |  |  |-- R. longiceps (Günther, 1864) (Tigerfish)
   |  |  |-- R. lucius Ahl, 1926
   |  |  |-- R. macrophthalmus Regan, 1922
   |  |  `-- R. woodi Regan, 1922
   |  |--o Sciaenochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [4-6]
   |  |  |-- S. ahli (Trewavas, 1935) (Electric blue haplo; ahli)
   |  |  |-- S. benthicola Konings, 1993
   |  |  |-- S. fryeri Konings, 1993
   |  |  |?- S. gracilis (Trewavas, 1935) (Haplochromis torpedo stripe) [a species of Mylochromis?]
   |  |  |-- S. psammophilus Konings, 1993
   |  |  `?- S. spilostichus (Trewavas, 1935) [a species of Mylochromis?]
   |  |--o Stigmatochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [4]
   |  |  |-- S. modestus (Günther, 1894)
   |  |  |-- S. pholidophorus (Trewavas, 1935) (Candle hap)
   |  |  |-- S. pleurospilus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  `-- S. woodi (Regan, 1922)
   |  |-- Taeniochromis holotaenia (Regan, 1922) Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
   |  |--o Taeniolethrinops Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [4]
   |  |  |-- T. cyrtonotus (Trewavas, 1931)
   |  |  |-- T. furcicauda (Trewavas, 1931)
   |  |  |-- T. laticeps (Trewavas, 1931)
   |  |  `-- T. praeorbitalis (Regan, 1922)
   |  |--o Tramitichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [5]
   |  |  |-- T. brevis (Boulenger, 1908)
   |  |  |-- T. intermedius (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- T. lituris (Trewavas, 1931)
   |  |  |-- T. trilineatus (Trewavas, 1931)
   |  |  `-- T. variabilis (Trewavas, 1931)
   |  |--o TrematocranusTrewavas, 1935 [Trematochromis] [4]
   |  |  |?- T. schreyeni Poll, 1987
   |  |  |-- T. labifer (Trewavas, 1935)
   |  |  |-- T. microstoma Trewavas, 1935
   |  |  `-- T. placodon (Regan, 1922)
   |  `--o Tyrannochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [4]
   |     |-- T. macrostoma (Regan, 1922)
   |     |-- T. maculiceps (Ahl, 1926)
   |     |-- T. nigriventer Eccles, 1989
   |     `-- T. polyodon (Trewavas, 1935)
   |?-o “Lake Malawi mbunas”
   |  |-- Cyathochromis obliquidens Trewavas, 1935
   |  |--o Cynotilapia Regan, 1922 [Microchromis Johnson, 1975] [2]
   |  |  |-- C. afra (Günther, 1894)
   |  |  |-- C. axelrodi Burgess, 1976
   |  |  |-- C. pulpican Tawil, 2002
   |  |  `?- C. zebroides (Johnson, 1975)
   |  |-- Genyochromis mento Trewavas, 1935
   |  |--o Gephyrochromis Boulenger, 1901 [Christyella Trewavas, 1935] [2]
   |  |  |-- G. lawsi Fryer, 1957
   |  |  `-- G. moorii Boulenger, 1901 [Christyella nyasana Trewavas, 1935]
   |  |--o Iodotropheus Oliver & Loiselle, 1972 [3]
   |  |  |-- I. sprengerae Oliver & Loiselle, 1972 [incl. I. declivitas Stauffer, 1994 sensu Konings, 1995c] (Lavender mbuna)
   |  |  `-- I. stuartgranti Konings, 1990
   |  |--o Labeotropheus Ahl, 1926 [2]
   |  |  |-- L. fuelleborni Ahl, 1926 [L. curvirostris Ahl, 1926] (Blue mbuna)
   |  |  `-- L. trewavasae Fryer, 1956 (Scrapermouth mbuna)
   |  |-- Labidochromis Trewavas, 1935 [18]
   |  |-- Maylandia Meyer & Foerster, 1984 [Pseudotropheus (Maylandia) Meyer & Foerster, 1984; Metriaclima Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997] [26]
   |  |-- Melanochromis [24]
   |  |--o Petrotilapia Trewavas, 1935 [8, 4 undescribed]
   |  |  |-- P. chrysos Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
   |  |  |-- P. genalutea Marsh, 1983
   |  |  |-- P. sp. “gold eastern”
   |  |  |-- P. sp. “likoma barred”
   |  |  |-- P. sp. “mumbo blue”
   |  |  |-- P. nigra Marsh, 1983
   |  |  |-- P. tridentiger Trewavas, 1935
   |  |  `-- P. sp. “yellow chin”
   |  `-- Pseudotropheus [29]
   `?-o “Lake Barombi mbunas”
      |-- Myaka myaka Trewavas, 1972 (Myaka)
      |--o Konia [2]
      |  |-- K. dikume Trewavas, Green & Corbet, 1972 (Dikume)
      |  `-- K. eisentrauti (Trewavas, 1962) (Konye)
      |--o Stomatepia [3]
      |  |-- S. mariae (Holly, 1930) (Nsess)
      |  |-- S. mongo Trewavas, 1972 (Mongo)
      |  `-- S. pindu Trewavas, 1972 (Pindu)
      `-- Pungu maclareni (Trewavas, 1962)

Reference(s):

• Arnegard, M. E. & Snoeks, J., 2001: New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa.
  –Copeia: Vol. 101, #3, pp. 705-717
• Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
  –iNet: www.fishbase.org
• Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
  –Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
        Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
  –Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968.
• Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
  –John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600
• Oliver, M. K., 1997-2005: The cichlid fishes of Lake Mala^wi, Africa. [Last updated: 2005-03-05]
  –iNet: http://malawicichlids.com/index.htm [visited: 2005-03-15]
• Stauffer jr., J. R. & Kellogg, K. A., 2002: Description of a new species in the Pseudotropheus williamsi complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae), from the Lake Malawi, Africa.
  –Copeia: Vol. 102, #1, pp. 146-151
• Varjo, M., 2001: Akvaario-opas. [Aquarium Guide]
  –AquaGeo & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, Jyväskylä, 2001, 1-143

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