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Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii  (Duméril, 1861)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 649594

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861
  
  Common Name(s): Senegal cichlid [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyCichlidae  – cichlids, cichlidés, tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce  
                                     GenusSarotherodon Rüppell, 1852 – brushtooth tilapias  
                                        SpeciesSarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 – blackchin mouthbreeder, blackchin tilapia  
                                           SubspeciesSarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861) – Senegal cichlid  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
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  Comment: According to Eschmeyer (online Catalog of Fishes, 2004) Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii might be "a synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde 1971"  
 

 

    

 
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