Danakilia

Danakilia is a genus of cichlids native to northeastern Africa where they are only known from saline lakes, rivers and creeks in the Danakil Depression of Ethiopia and Eritrea. There are two formally described species, along with three undescribed species currently known.[1]

Danakilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Oreochromini
Genus: Danakilia
Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969
Type species
Tilapia franchettii
Vinciguerra, 1931

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

See also

  • Alcolapia – another cichlid genus from warm, saline lakes in Africa.

References

  1. Giorgio Chiozzi, Melanie L. J. Stiassny, S. Elizabeth Alter, Giuseppe De Marchi, Yohannes Mebrahtu, Misikire Tessema, Berhan Asmamaw, Mauro Fasola & Adriana Bellati (2017). Fishes in the desert: mitochondrial variation and phylogeography of Danakilia (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) and Aphanius (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontidae) in the Danakil Depression of northeastern Africa. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 29(7): 1025-1040. doi:10.1080/24701394.2017.1404043
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Danakilia in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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