Biology:Stripeback hap

Stripeback hap
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Buccochromis
Species:	B. nototaenia
Binomial name
	Buccochromis nototaenia; (Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms
	Paratilapia nototaenia Boulenger, 1902; Cyrtocara nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902); Haplochromis nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902); Buccochromis atritaeniatus (Regan, 1922); Buccochromis oculatus (Trewavas, 1935);

Short description: Species of fish

The stripeback hap (Buccochromis nototaenia) is a species of freshwater fish in the, tribe Haplochromini part of the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae of the family Cichlidae.

It is endemic to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe^[2] and is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.^[1] Some authorities classify Buccochromis atritaeniatus and Buccochromis oculatus as junior synonyms of B. nototaenia^[1] but this is not followed by FishBase.^[2]

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Stripeback hap
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Buccochromis
Species:	B. nototaenia
Binomial name
*Buccochromis nototaenia* (Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms
Paratilapia nototaenia Boulenger, 1902 Cyrtocara nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902) Haplochromis nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902) Buccochromis atritaeniatus (Regan, 1922) Buccochromis oculatus (Trewavas, 1935)