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Pseudocrenilabrinae
The Pseudocrenilabrinae are a subfamily in the cichlid family of fishes to which, according to a study from 2004, includes all the Middle Eastern and African cichlids with the exception of the unusual '' Heterochromis multidens'' and the Malagasy species. This subfamily includes more than 1,100 species. Previous authors recognized additional African subfamilies, e.g. the Tilapiinae of Hoedeman (1947), Tylochrominae of Poll (1986), or Boulengerochrominae of Tawil (2001). To this subfamily belong the cichlids from the African Great Lakes, such as the utaka and mbuna in Lake Malawi, and various species from Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika. The Pseudocrenilabrinae tribes Haplochromini and Oreochromini are widespread in Africa and also found in the Middle East, while Chromidotilapiini, Hemichromini and Tylochromini are primarily West and Central African. The remaining tribes are largely or entirely restricted to Lake Tanganyika. Systematics Apart from the tribes mentioned in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreochromini
Oreochromini is a tribe of cichlids in the Pseudocrenilabrinae subfamily that is native to Africa and Western Asia, but a few species have been widely introduced to other parts of the world. It was formerly considered to be part of the tribe Tilapini but more recent workers have found that the Tilapini ''sensu lato'' is paraphyletic. Despite this change, species in Oreochromini are still referred to by the common name tilapia and some of the most important tilapia in aquaculture —certain species of ''Oreochromis'' and ''Sarotherodon''— are part of this tribe. In contrast, several species have small ranges and are seriously threatened; a few are already extinct ('' Tristramella sacra'') or possibly extinct (''Oreochromis ismailiaensis'' and '' O. lidole''). Cichlids in the tribe ''Oreochromini'' are mouthbrooders, carrying the eggs and fry in their mouths instead of placing them in a nest. The numerous ''Oreochromis'' species are maternal mouthbrooders, meaning only the femal ... [...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] |
Coelotilapiini
''Coelotilapia joka'' is a vulnerable species of cichlid fish from rivers in Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa. This relatively small tilapia formerly was included in the genus ''Tilapia'', but in 2013 it was moved to its own genus ''Coelotilapia'' and tribe Coelotilapini. It is an oval shaped fish with a black body coloring. Eight to nine yellow, transverse stripes mark the body. The head has small, irregular yellow lines that extend from the eye to the snout, forehead, and mouth. It is one of the few tilapia species that regularly are kept in aquariums. Characteristics ''Coelotilapia joka'' can reach up to about in total length. It originates from West Africa; found near the banks of clear rivers and tributaries of the lower parts of the Moa and Moro Rivers, southern Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limnochromini
Limnochromini is a tribe of African cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. They are bi-parental and mouthbrooding fish. Genera There are six genera within the tribe Limnochromini: * '' Baileychromis'' Poll, 1986 * ''Gnathochromis'' Poll, 1981 * ''Limnochromis'' Regan, 1920 * '' Reganochromis'' Whitley, 1929 * ''Tangachromis'' Poll 1981 * ''Triglachromis ''Triglachromis otostigma'' is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa where it prefers waters with a muddy substrate. This species can reach a length of TL. It can also be found in the aquarium An aquarium (plural: ...'' Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974 References External links * https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/319059 * Pseudocrenilabrinae Fish tribes Cichlid fish of Africa {{cichlid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbuna
Mbuna (pronounced Mmm-boo - nah ) is the common name for a large group of African cichlids from Lake Malawi, and are members of the haplochromine family. The name ''mbuna'' means "rockfish" in the language of the Tonga people of Malawi.Loiselle Paul V. (1988) ''A Fishkeepers Guide to African Cichlids.'' p 97. Salamander Books, London & New York, . As the name implies, most mbuna are cichlids that live among the piles of rocks and along the rocky shores of Lake Malawi, as opposed to the utaka, cichlids that live in the open water or on sandy shores or soft substrates. Some species of mbuna are highly sexually dimorphic, although many are not. Among biologists, almost all of the cichlid species of Lake Malawi, including mbuna and non mbuna such as the utaka, are believed to have descended from one or a very few species that became isolated in the lake. With rising water levels, new habitats could be colonized and the many isolated rocky outcrops allowed new mbuna species to form.G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is shared among four countries—Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, and Zambia, with Tanzania (46%) and DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean. Etymology "Tanganika" was the name of the lake that Henry Morton Stanley encountered when he was at Ujiji in 1876. The name first originated from the Bembe language when they arrived in South Kivu around the 7th century, they discovered the lake and started calling it “êtanga ‘ya’ni’â” which means “a big river” in their Bantu language. Stanley found also other names for the lake among different ethnic groups, like the Kimana, the Yemba and the Msaga. An alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathybatini
Bathybatini is a tribe of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They are mostly found in relatively deep waters and mainly feed on fish (''Bathybates'' and ''Hemibates'') or plankton (''Trematocara'').Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, p. 9. They are mouthbrooder Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a va ...s. This tribe is sometimes restricted to ''Bathybates'', in which case ''Hemibates'' is in Hemibatini and ''Trematocara'' in Trematocarini. References External links Pseudocrenilabrinae {{cichlid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropheini
Tropheini is a tribe of African cichlids, endemic to Lake Tanganyika. The species in this tribe are mouthbrooders. Genera *'' Limnotilapia'' *'' Lobochilotes'' *'' Petrochromis'' *'' Pseudosimochromis'' *'' Simochromis'' *''Tropheus ''Tropheus'' is a small genus of at least six species of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The genus is widespread across all regions of Lake Tanganyika, from Burundi in the north to Zambia in the south. Males and females are ...'' References External links * http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/actinopterygii/perciformes/labroidei/cichlidae/tropheini.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110607061112/http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/hydr/2003/00000500/F0030001/05138261;jsessionid=gf1j8h4qqp3d.alexandra * https://web.archive.org/web/20090405230640/http://www.tropheini.com/tropheini.htm * http://www.cichlidexplorer.com/category/lake-tanganyika-cichlids/tropheini/ Fish tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamprologini
Lamprologini is a tribe of African cichlid fishes. It contains seven genera and nearly 100 species. Over half of the species in this tribe are in the large genus ''Neolamprologus''. Most genera in the tribe are endemic to Lake Tanganyika, but one species of ''Neolamprologus'' ('' N. devosi'') is from the Malagarasi River in Tanzania, and several species of ''Lamprologus'' are from the Congo River Basin. The species in this tribe are very small to medium-sized cichlids, but vary extensively in appearance and habitat preference.Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, p. 10—11. Unlike most Tanganyika cichlids which are mouthbrooders, Lamprologini species are substrate spawners (typically using caves or rock crevices), and some are shell dwellers. Genera * ''Altolamprologus'' (3 species) * ''Chalinochromis'' (3 species) * ''Julidochromis'' (6 species) * ''Lamprologus'' (19 species) * ''Lepidiolamprologus'' (6-11 species) * ''Neolamprologus'' (~50 species) * ''Telmatochro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemichromini
Hemichromini is a tribe of African cichlids. The group consists of 14 species of freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of ... from two genera: one species in '' Anomalochromis'' and the remaining in '' Hemichromis''. References External links * http://ctdbase.org/detail.go?type=taxon&acc=319076 * https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/319076 * http://myhits.isb-sib.ch/cgi-bin/view_cla_entry?name=taxid:319076 Pseudocrenilabrinae Fish tribes Cichlid fish of Africa {{cichlid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulengerochromini
The giant cichlid (''Boulengerochromis microlepis''), also known as the emperor cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae, endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.''Boulengerochromis microlepis'' FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. fishbase.org version (07/2014).SeriouslyFish Boulengerochromis microlepis. Retrieved 6 April 2017. It is the only member of its ''Boulengerochromis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectodini
Ectodini is a tribe of cichlids that are endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. They live in the benthic zone. Most of the genera in this tribe are monotypic. These fishes show diverse morphology and behaviour and the tribe includes taxa which live in sandy, muddy and rocky habitats. Genera The following genera are classified in the tribe Ectodini: * '' Aulonocranus'' Regan, 1920 * '' Callochromis'' Regan, 1920 * '' Cardiopharynx'' Poll, 1942 * '' Cunningtonia'' Boulenger, 1906 * '' Cyathopharynx'' Regan, 1920 * '' Ectodus'' Boulenger, 1898 * '' Grammatotria'' Boulenger, 1899 * '' Lestradea'' Poll, 1943 * ''Ophthalmotilapia'' Pellegrin, 1904 * ''Xenochromis'' Boulenger, 1899 * ''Xenotilapia ''Xenotilapia'' is a genus of cichlids species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed 16 ''Xenotilapia'' species; one of them is considered " Vulnerable" ('' Xenotilapia ...'' Boulenger, 1899 References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
