Lamprologus ornatipinnis Poll, 1949
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lamprologus ornatipinnis Poll, 1949
- Name authority
- Poll, 1949
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Lamprologus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCichliformes
- familyCichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
- subfamilyPseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934
- genusLamprologus Schilthuis, 1891
- speciesLamprologus ornatipinnis Poll, 1949
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lamprologus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lamprologus finalimus Nichols & La Monte, 1931 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus kungweensis Poll, 1956 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus laparogramma Bills & Ribbink, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus lemairii Boulenger, 1899 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus lethops Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus signatus Poll, 1952 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus speciosus Büscher, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus teugelsi Schelly & Stiassny, 2004 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus tumbanus Boulenger, 1899 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus callipterus Boulenger, 1906 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamprologus meleagris Büscher, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Neolamprologus ornatipinnis (Poll, 1949) (Poll, 1949) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Poll, M. (1949). Deuxième série de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par la mission hydrobiologique belge en Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). Bulletin de l’Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 25. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3S4QX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.