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Paratilapia polleni Bleeker, 1868

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
Paratilapia polleni Bleeker, 1868
Name authority
Bleeker, 1868
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cichliformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Paratilapia
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. subfamilyPtychochrominae Sparks, 2004
  13. genusParatilapia Bleeker, 1868
  14. speciesParatilapia polleni Bleeker, 1868

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Paratilapia toddi Boulenger, 1905CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Paracara typus Bleeker, 1878 Bleeker, 1878synonym
Paratilapia typus (Bleeker, 1878) (Bleeker, 1878)synonym
Paratilapia bleekeri Sauvage, 1891 Sauvage, 1891synonym

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. Bleeker, P. (1868). Description de trois espèces inédites de Chromidoïdes de Madagascar. Verslagen En Mededeelingen Der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2), v. 2: 307–314. 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:763R5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.