Chromidotilapiini

Chromidotilapiini is a tribe of small cichlids from tropical West and Middle Africa. There are thirteen genera and over fifty described species in this tribe.

Chromidotilapiini
Pelvicachromis taeniatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Chromidotilapiini
Greenwood, 1987[1]
Type genus
Chromidotilapia
Boulenger, 1898

Genera

The following genera are classified within the tribe Chromidotilapiini:[1]

The genus Pelmatochromis is sometimes placed in its own clade, informally referred to as the pelmatochromines, and this as the Pelmatochromini, may be the sister taxon to the Chromidotilapiini.[3]

References

  1. Julia Schwarzer; Anton Lamboj; Kathrin Langen; Bernhard Misof & Ulrich K. Schliewen (2015). "Phylogeny and age of chromidotilapiine cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)". Hydrobiologia. 748 (1): 185–199. doi:10.1007/s10750-014-1918-1.
  2. Lamboj A; Trummer F; Metscher BD (2016). "Wallaceochromis gen. nov, a new chromidotilapiine cichlid genus (Pisces: Perciformes) from West Africa". Zootaxa. 4144 (1): 124–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.8. PMID 27470842.
  3. Peter Humphry Greenwood (1987). "The Genera of Pelmatochromine Fishes (Teleosti:Cichlidae). A Phylogenetic Review". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 53 (3).


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