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Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897)

To NHMUK collection (Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120192)
To NHMUK collection (Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120192)

1468426  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1468426)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Cichliformes (Order)
  11. Cichlidae (Family)
  12. Pseudocrenilabrinae (Subfamily)
  13. Melanochromis (Genus)
  14. Melanochromis auratus (Species)
accepted
Species
Chromis aurata Boulenger, 1897 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pseudotropheus auratus (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Tilapia aurata (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. A. (1897). Description of a new fish from Lake Nyassa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 19 (no. 110) (art. 16): 155.
page(s): 155 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468426 on 2025-09-13
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2020-11-23 09:58:45Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2020-12-16 09:44:22Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. A. (1897). Description of a new fish from Lake Nyassa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 19 (no. 110) (art. 16): 155.
page(s): 155 [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanochromis auratus) 
To Fishbase 
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897)
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (102134 nucleotides; 61 proteins) 
To GenBank (102134 nucleotides; 61 proteins) (from synonym Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NHMUK collection (Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3120192) (from synonym Chromis auratus Boulenger, 1897)
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