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View Mode View All Pictures Species Rhamphochromis leptosoma Regan    Rhamphochromis leptosoma was originally described as Rhamphochromis leptosoma by Regan in 1922. It belongs to the family Cichlidae and subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. It is found in Fresh water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   leptosoma AuthorWI   Regan [C. T.] AuthorNI   Regan Qualification   --- Year   1922 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Subfamily   Pseudocrenilabrinae Pseudocrenilabrinae Genus   Rhamphochromis Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Subfamily   Pseudocrenilabrinae Genus   Rhamphochromis Original Name   Rhamphochromis         Taxon Name   leptosoma Original Combination   Rhamphochromis leptosoma Original Genus   Rhamphochromis Original Genus Species   Rhamphochromis leptosoma OriginalSubGenus   Rhamphochromis Original Author   Regan Original AuthorWI   Regan [C. T.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1922 Original Family   Cichlidae Original SubFamily   Pseudocrenilabrinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 1908.10.27.63 Journal   Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Citation   1921 (pt 4) (no. 36) Page   726 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Rhamphochromis esox Current Species esox Current Genus Rhamphochromis Current AuthorWI Boulenger [G. A.] Current AuthorNI Boulenger Current Year 1908 Current Family Cichlidae Current Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Pseudocrenilabrinae Habitat Freshwater.         Water Fresh water Habitat Notes Inhabits the open waters. Adults regularly encountered near sandy beaches in the shallows. Piscivore, feeds on small Utaka and Usipa (@Engraulicypris sardella@) (Ref. 5595).     Current Summary   Synonym of Rhamphochromis esox  (Boulenger 1908). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.   Name History   •Valid as Rhamphochromis leptosoma Regan 1922 -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:317 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:423 [ref. 20944]). •Synonym of Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger 1908) -- (Turner et al. 2004:211 [ref. 28114], Konings 2016:170 [ref. 34521]). Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (8 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   brevis Rhamphochromis brevis Trewavas [E.] 1935 Valid esox Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger [G. A.] 1908) Valid ferox Rhamphochromis ferox Regan [C. T.] 1922 Valid longiceps Rhamphochromis longiceps (Günther [A.] 1864) Valid lucius Rhamphochromis lucius Ahl [E.] 1926 Synonym macrophthalmus Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus Regan [C. T.] 1922 Synonym melanotus Rhamphochromis melanotus Ahl [E.] 1926 Synonym woodi Rhamphochromis woodi Regan [C. T.] 1922 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (8 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…