Biology:Astatoreochromis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Astatoreochromis
Astatoreochromis alluaudi.jpg
Alluaud's Haplo, (A. alluaudi)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Astatoreochromis
Pellegrin, 1904
Type species
Astatoreochromis alluaudi
Pellegrin, 1904[1]

Astatoreochromis is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to riverine habitats in East Africa. Tilapia bemini, usually placed in the tilapiines, may be rather close to this genus. However, extensive hybridization capabilities of African cichlids seriously confound analyses of phylogeny based on mtDNA, while morphological analyses tend to yield little information due to widespread parallel evolution.[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 (Alluaud's Haplo)
  • Astatoreochromis straeleni (Poll, 1944) (Bluelip Haplo)
  • Astatoreochromis vanderhorsti (Greenwood, 1954) — validity questionable, likely a synonym of A. straeleni.[4]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Astatoreochromis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5246. 
  2. Nagl, Sandra; Tichy, Herbert; Mayer, Werner E.; Samonte, Irene E.; McAndrew, Brendan J. & Klein, Jan (2001): Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 361–374. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0979
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Astatoreochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  4. Banyankimbona; Vreven; and Snoeks (2013). A revision of the genus Astatoreochromis (Teleostei, Cichlidae), East-Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 39: 1-21. doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.39

Wikidata ☰ Q140460 entry