Bathybates hornii Steindachner, 1911
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Bathybates hornii is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids. This species is apparently rather rare. It is little known and it is normally recorded from deep water during the day and moves towards the shorelines at night. The identity of the person honoured in this fish's specific name is uncertain but it is likely to be either, or both, of the Horn brothers, Adolf or Albin, who explored German East Africa and collected specimens for the Vienna Museum where the describer Franz Steindachner was curator of fishes.
Wikipedia contributors, Bathybates hornii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:08:57.181158+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bathybates hornii Steindachner, 1911
- Name authority
- Steindachner, 1911
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Bathybates
- 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
- genusBathybates Boulenger, 1898
- speciesBathybates hornii Steindachner, 1911
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bathybates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bathybates fasciatus Boulenger, 1901 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathybates ferox Boulenger, 1898 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathybates graueri Steindachner, 1911 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathybates leo Poll, 1956 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathybates vittatus Boulenger, 1914 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Steindachner, F. (1911). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fischfauna des Tanganyikasees und des Kongogebietes. Anzeiger Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, v. 48 (no. 26): 528–530. 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:KWMY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.