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Orthochromis mporokoso Schedel, Vreven, Katemo Manda, Abwe, Chocha Manda & Schliewen, 2018

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
Orthochromis mporokoso Schedel, Vreven, Katemo Manda, Abwe, Chocha Manda & Schliewen, 2018
Name authority
Schedel, Vreven, Katemo Manda, Abwe, Chocha Manda & Schliewen, 2018
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cichliformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Orthochromis
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. genusOrthochromis Greenwood, 1954
  14. speciesOrthochromis mporokoso Schedel, Vreven, Katemo Manda, Abwe, Chocha Manda & Schliewen, 2018

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Orthochromis rugufuensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis kasuluensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis rubrolabialis De Vos & Seegers, 1998CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis uvinzae De Vos & Seegers, 1998CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis luongoensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis machadoi (Poll, 1967)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis malagaraziensis (David, 1937)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis mazimeroensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis mosoensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis polyacanthus (Boulenger, 1899)CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis katumbii Schedel, Vreven, Katemo Manda, Abwe, Chocha Manda & Schliewen, 2018CichlidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orthochromis gecki Schedel, Vreven, Katemo Manda, Abwe, Chocha Manda & Schliewen, 2018CichlidaeChordataAccepted 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. Schedel, F. D. B., Vreven, E. J. W. M. N., Manda, B. K., Abwe, E., & Schliewen, U. K. (2018). Description of five new rheophilic Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Congo drainage in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa, 4461. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4464.3.1 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:D59M7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.