Reganochromis calliurus
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| Reganochromis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Limnochromini |
| Genus: | Reganochromis (Whitley, 1929[1]) |
| Species: | R. calliurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Reganochromis calliurus (Boulenger, 1901[2]) |
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Reganochromis calliurus is a species of fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.[3] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus Reganochromis, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae.[3] The species was originally described as Paratilapia calliura,[2] and was moved to Reganochromis by Whitley in 1929.[1] The genus is named in honour of Charles Tate Regan.[3]
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- ^ a b Whitley GP (1929) Studies in ichthyology No. 3. Rec. Aust. Mus. 101-143
- ^ a b Boulenger GA (1901) Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) 1-6
- ^ a b c Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. "Reganochromis calliurus". FishBase. http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8823. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
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