Biology:Chromidotilapiini

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Short description: Tribe of fishes

Chromidotilapiini
Pelvicachromis taeniatus
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Cichliformes
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chromidotilapiini
Greenwood, 1987[1]
Type genus
Chromidotilapia
Boulenger, 1898

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.

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. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.academia.edu/30104821. 
  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). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2632916#page/154/mode/1up. 

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