Overview
Family : Cichlids ; Occurs over sand bottoms near rocks where they feed near rocks. Forms schools[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Finnish:
Kuparihiekkahautoja
Common Names in German:
Südlicher Großaugen-Maulbrüter
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Found in inshore waters
, mainly over sandy bottoms
. Feeds
on varied
food items collected on sandy bottoms including small molloscs, ostracods
,
insect larvae, etc.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.6 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 5.13 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Inland Deltas [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Labroidei
()
- Family:
Cichlidae
()
- Genus:
Callochromis
()
- Regan, 1920
- Specific name:
macrops
- Form:
.
- Scientific name: - Callochromis macrops (Boulenger, 1898)
- Form:
.
- Specific name:
macrops
- Genus:
Callochromis
(
- Family:
Cichlidae
(
- Suborder:
Labroidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Callochromis macrops • Callochromis macrops macrops (Boulenger • Paratilapia macrops • Paratilapia macrops Boulenger • Paratilapia macrops Boulenger, 1898 • Pelmatochromis macrops (Boulenger • Pelmatochromis xenotilapiaformis Borodin • Tylochromis macrophthalmus David
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 19-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Callochromis
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 250, p. 311.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 149 1981 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 192.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 443.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 8.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ntakimazi, G. 2006. Callochromis macrops. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 122723
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26862
- Fishbase Species ID: 8122
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13551352
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 649055
- IUCN ID: 197142
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105676
Footnotes
- Brichard, P. (1989). Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Tanganyika. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. [back]
- Ntakimazi, G. 2006. Callochromis macrops. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
