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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Danakilia dinicolai Stiassny, de Marchi & Lamboj, 2010
- Danakilia franchettii (Vinciguerra, 1931)
See also
edit- Alcolapia – another cichlid genus from warm, saline lakes in Africa.
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Danakilia". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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