Animal Diversity Web

Mesonauta festivus

Barred cichlid

(Also: Festive cichlid)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Cichlidae (Cichlids)
        
        Genus Mesonauta
        
        Species Mesonauta festivus (Barred cichlid)