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 | |
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| Pelvicachromis taeniatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Chromidotilapiini Greenwood, 1987[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Chromidotilapia Boulenger, 1898
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Genera edit
The following genera are classified within the tribe Chromidotilapiini:[1]
- Benitochromis Lamboj, 2001
- Chromidotilapia Boulenger, 1898
- Congochromis Stiassny & Schliewen, 2007
- Divandu Lamboj & Snoeks, 2000
- Enigmatochromis Lamboj 2009
- Limbochromis Greenwood, 1987
- Nanochromis Pellegrin, 1904
- Parananochromis Greenwood, 1987
- Pelmatochromis Steindachner, 1894
- Pelvicachromis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968
- Teleogramma Boulenger, 1899
- Thysochromis Daget 1988
- Wallaceochromis Lamboj, Trummer & Metscher 2016[2]
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 edit
- ^ a b 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. S2CID 254554456.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Peter Humphry Greenwood (1987). "The Genera of Pelmatochromine Fishes (Teleosti:Cichlidae). A Phylogenetic Review". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 53 (3).
External links edit
Data related to Chromidotilapiini at Wikispecies- helsinki.fi
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