Biology:Cynotilapia
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Cynotilapia | |
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| C. afra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Cynotilapia Regan, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Hemichromis afer Günther, 1894
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| Synonyms | |
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Microchromis Johnson, 1975 | |
Cynotilapia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids. All fishes in these genus form part of the mbuna flock, the rock-dwelling fishes of Lake Malawi, in the rift valley of East Africa. All species are polygamous, maternal, ovophile mouthbrooders and carry their fry in this fashion for about 20–30 days.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus,[1] although some authorities recognise 5:[2]
- Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1894)
- Cynotilapia aurifrons (Tawil, 2011)
- Cynotilapia axelrodi W. E. Burgess, 1976
- Cynotilapia chilundu Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016[3]
- Cynotilapia zebroides (D. S. Johnson, 1975)
FishBase places C. aurifroms and C. zebroides in the genus Microchromis.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Cynotilapia in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ Konings, A.F. (2016). Malaŵi Cichlids in their natural habitat (5th ed.). Cichlid Press. pp. 447. ISBN 978-1-932892-23-9.
- ↑ Li S; Konings AF; Stauffer JR (2016). "A Revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) With Description of a New Genus and Seven New Species". Zootaxa 15 (4168(2)): 353–381. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.9. PMID 27701342.
Wikidata ☰ Q2707172 entry
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