|
Astatotilapia
''Astatotilapia'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae found in Eastern and Northern Africa, with a single species, ''A. flaviijosephi'', in Western Asia (the only non-African haplochromine). Many species have been moved between this genus and ''Haplochromis'', and while some consensus has been reached in recent years, their mutual delimitation is still far from settled. Based on mtDNA, ''Astatotilapia'' as currently defined is polyphyletic.Genner; Ngatunga; Mzighani; Smith; and Turner (2015). Geographical ancestry of Lake Malawi’s cichlid fish diversity. Biol. Lett. 11: 2015023. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * ''Astatotilapia bloyeti'' ( Sauvage, 1883) (Bloyet's haplo) * ''Astatotilapia burtoni'' ( Günther, 1894) * ''Astatotilapia calliptera'' ( Günther, 1894) (Eastern happy) * ''Astatotilapia desfontainii'' ( Lacépède, 1802) * ''Astatotilapia flaviijosephi'' ( Lortet, 1883) (Jordan mouthbrooder) * ''Astatotilapia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Burtoni
''Astatotilapia burtoni'' is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Lake Tanganyika and its surrounding waterways, including parts of Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. ''Astatotilapia burtoni'' has been used as a model organism to study the behaviors and physical systems of cichlids, including their development and embryogenesis. Moreover, the phylogenetic position of this particular species makes it an ideal model system for comparative genomic research. ''A. burtoni'' belongs under the haplochromines, which is the lineage of cichlids with the most species, and has been discovered to be a sister group to both the Lake Victoria region superflock (which has about 600 species) and the species flock of Lake Malawi (which has about 1,000 species). Social behavior Reversible male social roles The males of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Calliptera
''Astatotilapia calliptera'', the eastern happy or eastern river bream, is a species of haplochromine cichlid from southeastern Africa. Description The male ''Astatotilapia calliptera'' has blue lips and a dark line through its eye. It can show a reddish forehead but the body is normally yellow, although some wild populations are blue. The females are smaller than the males and are brownish silvery in colour. The maximum total length is . Distribution ''Astatotilapia calliptera'' occurs in Lake Malawi and its drainage, the Shire River, and Lakes Chiuta and Chilwa. It has also been recorded from the lower Zambezi River, and in coastal rivers on the coastal plain of Mozambique, from the Rovuma River and south as far as the Save River, This species is established as a non-native, introduced species in Broward County and Palm Beach County in Florida, United States. Habitat and ecology ''Astatotilapia calliptera'' prefers shallow water with a sand substrate with aquatic vegetation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Bloyeti
''Astatotilapia bloyeti'' is a species of haplochromine cichlid from the coastal river systems of Tanzania. Reports from other areas of Africa are considered to refer to related species. The IUCN considers it to be endemic to the Pangani River and includes Kenya in its range. This species taxonomic status is uncertain and some authorities place it in the genus ''Haplochromis'' while others retain it in ''Astatotilapia''. This taxonomic uncertainty has led the IUCN to classify this species conservation status as Data Deficient. The specific name honours the collector of the type, Capitaine A. Bloyet, chief of the French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ... research station at "Kandôa, Tanzania". References {{Taxonbar, From=Q6428149 bloyeti Fish described in 1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Tweddlei
''Astatotilapia tweddlei'' is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found in Malawi and Mozambique. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. This species was placed in the genus ''Astatotilapia'' by FishBase which while stating that the taxonomy is uncertain, ''Haplochromis'' is in their view restricted to the rivers and lakes of the drainage basin of Lake Victoria and they tentatively place this species in ''Astatotilapia''. The IUCN state that until further research is undertaken ''A. tweddlei'' should be regarded as restricted to Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta and their drainages, as well as probably through the drainage of the Ruvuma River. The specific name honours the fisheries scientist Denis Tweddle Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis the Carthusian (1402–14 ... of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Stappersii
''Astatotilapia stappersii'' is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cichlidae. Adults measure about 15 cm (6 inches) in total length. It is erroneously listed twice in the IUCN Red List, once with a proper entry under its original name ''Haplochromis stappersii'', and once having become mixed up with the synonymy of the Striped Nothobranch (''Nothobranchius taeniopygus''). It is neither similar nor closely related to that toothcarp, however, apart from both being East African Acanthopterygii. FishBase places the present species in ''Astatotilapia''. ''A. stappersii'' is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. It inhabits the drainage basin of Lake Tanganyika, except for the Malagarasi River region. Its natural habitats are slow-flowing rivers, swamps, small freshwater lakes and marshes, and inland deltas. It eats mainly aquatic insect larvae. Its stocks may be adversely affected by habitat destruction and water pollution, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Flaviijosephi
''Astatotilapia flaviijosephi'', the Jordan mouthbrooder, is a vulnerable species of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae (cichlids). It is found in the central Jordan River system, including Lake Tiberias (Kinneret), in Israel, Jordan and Syria, making it the only haplochromine cichlid to naturally range outside of Africa. This species is too small to be of significant importance to fisheries, unlike the only other cichlids native to the Levant, the economically important tilapias (''Oreochromis aureus'', '' O. niloticus'', ''Sarotherodon galilaeus'', ''Coptodon zillii'' and ''Tristramella''). The specific name ''flaviijosephi'' refers to the historian Titus Flavius Josephus (37–c. 100 CE). Habitat and conservation status The natural habitats of ''A. flaviijosephi'' are streams, springs, canals, pools and shallow waters in lakes, especially in areas with stones or aquatic vegetation. The various subpopulations are isolated from each other, with some being lacustrine an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Tchadensis
''Astatotilapia tchadensis'' is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is found in Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and Central African Republic, in Lake Chad and its basin and in Lake Boukou, one of the Lakes of Ounianga Lakes of Ounianga are a series of lakes in the Sahara Desert, in North-Eastern Chad, occupying a basin in the mountains of West Tibesti and Ennedi East. It was added as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012. According to the UNESCO description, ... in Chad, the type locality. Abstract References {{Taxonbar, from=Q55191187 tchadensis Fish described in 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Desfontainii
''Astatotilapia desfontainii'' is a species of cichlid found in Algeria and Tunisia. It is found in freshwater spring, irrigated land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... This species reaches a length of TL. References desfontainii Cichlid fish of Africa Fish of North Africa Fish described in 1802 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Cichlidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Swynnertoni
''Astatotilapia swynnertoni'' is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is found in the rivers of Mozambique from the Buzi and lower Pungwe rivers south to the Save River. The specific name honours the English naturalist Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton __NOTOC__ Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton CMG (3 December 1877 – 8 June 1938) was an English naturalist noted for his contributions to tsetse fly research. Swynnerton was born in Folkestone, Kent on 3 December 1877. His father was a senior ... (1877-1938) who discovered the type on his farm in Mozambique. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5509035 Endemic fauna of Mozambique swynnertoni Fish described in 1907 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astatotilapia Paludinosa
''Astatotilapia paludinosa'' is a species of cichlid endemic to Tanzania where it is found in the lower Malagarasi River The Malagarasi River is a river in western Tanzania, flowing through Kigoma Region, although one of its tributaries comes from southeastern Burundi. The river also forms the western border of Tabora Region, the southern border of Kagera Region and ... and the surrounding swamps. This species can reach a length of SL. References paludinosa Freshwater fish of Africa Fish described in 1980 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cichlidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cichlidae
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this grouping. The closest living relative of cichlids is probably the convict blenny, and both families are classified in the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' as the two families in the Cichliformes, part of the subseries Ovalentaria. This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,650 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families. New species are discovered annually, and many species remain undescribed. The actual number of species is therefore unknown, with estimates varying between 2,000 and 3,000. Many cichlids, particularly tilapia, are important food fishes, while others, such as the ''Cichla'' species, are valued game fish. The family also includes many popular freshwater aquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haplochromine
__NOTOC__ The haplochromine cichlids are a tribe of cichlids in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae called Haplochromini. This group includes the type genus (''Haplochromis'') plus a number of closely related genera such as '' Aulonocara'', '' Astatotilapia'', and '' Chilotilapia''. They are endemic to eastern, southern and northern Africa, except for ''Astatotilapia flaviijosephi'' in the ''Middle East''. A common name in a scientific context is East African cichlids – while they are not restricted to that region, they are the dominant Cichlidae there. This tribe was extensively studied by Ethelwynn Trewavas, who made major reviews in 1935 and 1989, at the beginning and at the end of her career in ichthyology. Even today, numerous new species are being described each year. The haplochromines were in older times treated as subfamily Haplochrominae, However, the great African radiation of pseudocrenilabrine cichlids is certainly not monophyletic without them, and thus they are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
