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Otopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Otopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001
Name authority
Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cichliformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Otopharynx
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCichliformes
  11. familyCichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
  12. subfamilyPseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934
  13. genusOtopharynx Regan, 1920
  14. speciesOtopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Otopharynx. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Otopharynx antron Cleaver, Konings & Stauffer, 2009CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx brooksi Oliver, 1989CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx heterodon (Trewavas, 1935)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx lithobates Oliver, 1989CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx selenurus Regan, 1922CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx speciosus (Trewavas, 1935)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx spelaeotes Cleaver, Konings & Stauffer, 2009CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx alpha Oliver, 2018CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx aletes Oliver, 2018CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx panniculus Oliver, 2018CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Otopharynx argyrosoma (Regan, 1922)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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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.

  1. Arnegard, M. E., & Snoeks, J. (2001). New Three-Spotted Cichlid Species with Hypertrophied Lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Deep Waters of Lake Malaŵi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0705:ntscsw]2.0.co;2 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:4B7NJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.