Lepidiolamprologus is a small genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. It is closely related to Altolamprologus. and there is the possibility that a revision of the genus could see more species added.[1]
| Lepidiolamprologus | |
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| Lepidiolamprologus elongatus | |
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| (L. nkambae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Lamprologini |
| Genus: | Lepidiolamprologus Pellegrin, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Lamprologus elongatus Boulenger, 1898
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| Synonyms | |
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Lepidolamprologus (lapsus) | |
The placement of L. cunningtoni has been questioned, as it seems to be a close relative of N. modestus and the Fourspine Cichlid (N. tetracanthus), though with hybridization running rampant in the Lamprologini, one cannot entirely be sure of its relationships at present. However it differs enough from the other species in Lepidiolamprologus to conclude that it may not belong in this genus.[1][2]
Species
editThere are currently eleven recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus (Steindachner, 1909)
- Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri (Steindachner, 1909)
- Lepidiolamprologus elongatus (Boulenger, 1898)
- Lepidiolamprologus hecqui (Boulenger, 1899)
- Lepidiolamprologus kamambae S. O. Kullander, Ma. Karlsson & Mi. Karlsson, 2012
- Lepidiolamprologus kendalli (Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1977)
- Lepidiolamprologus meeli (Poll, 1948)
- Lepidiolamprologus mimicus Schelly, T. Takahashi, I. R. Bills & M. Hori, 2007
- Lepidiolamprologus profundicola (Poll, 1949)
- Lepidiolamprologus variostigma (Büscher, 1995)
References
edit- ^ a b Day, Julia J.; Santini, Simona & Garcia-Moreno, Jaime (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini: The story from mitochondrial DNA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(2): 629–642. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.025 (HTML abstract)
- ^ Schelly, Robert; Takahashi, Tetsumi; Bills, Roger & Hori, Michio (2007): The first case of aggressive mimicry among lamprologines in a new species of Lepidiolamprologus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika. Zootaxa 1638: 39–49. PDF abstract and first page text
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidiolamprologus". FishBase. October 2018 version.
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