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Melanochromis

genus of fishes
Taxon Q256582

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
taxon
Endemic to
Lake Malawi[4]
Parent taxon
Haplochromini[3]
Taxon name
Melanochromis[5]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Melanochromis zh 黑丽鱼属
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos.jpg ↗
Catalogue of Life ID
5NF4
Encyclopedia of Life ID
25463
Freebase ID
/m/0d7r57
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2373170
INaturalist taxon ID
89833
IRMNG ID
1205493
ITIS TSN
169968
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779237923
NCBI taxonomy ID
27750
Open Tree of Life ID
855524
Topic's main category
Category:Melanochromis
Show all 15 identifiers +3
UMLS CUI
C1001693
WoRMS-ID for taxa
269831
Yale LUX ID
concept/f46a57ea-97fc-45da-81b1-1b8531c53729

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 24
Melanochromis auratus, Pearl of Likoma, Melanochromis chipokae, Melanochromis loriae, Melanochromis heterochromis, Parallel-striped Mbuna, Purple Mbuna, Melanochromis baliodigma +16 more
Endemic to 1
Lake Malawi
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Haplochromini
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Melanochromis
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Melanochromis
← FactGrid item ID 1
Carlsbad Decrees
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Summary

Melanochromis is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Lake Malawi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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