''Danakilia'' is a
genus
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of
cichlid
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 ...
s native to northeastern
Africa
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where they are only known from
saline lake
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s, rivers and creeks in the
Danakil Depression
The Danakil Depression is the northern part of the Afar Triangle or Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a geological depression that has resulted from the divergence of three tectonic plates in the Horn of Africa.
Geology
The Danakil Depression lie ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
and
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
. There are two formally described species, along with three
undescribed species
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currently known.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Danakilia dinicolai
''Danakilia dinicolai'' is a species of cichlid endemic to the saline Lake Abaeded in Eritrea
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''
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& Lamboj, 2010
* ''
Danakilia franchettii
''Danakilia franchettii'' is a species of cichlid fish endemic to the saline Lake Afrera and nearby swamps in Ethiopia. It was the only member of the genus ''Danakilia'' until the description of '' D. dinicolai'' in 2010. The species is listed a ...
''
( Vinciguerra, 1931)
See also
* ''
Alcolapia
''Alcolapia'' is a genus of small fishes in the family Cichlidae. Their native range is restricted to margins of Lake Natron and Lake Magadi, as well as similar conditions in nearby hot springs, in Kenya and Tanzania. They live in waters that are ...
'' – another cichlid genus from warm, saline lakes in Africa.
References
Oreochromini
Cichlid genera
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