Limnochromini is a
tribe of
African
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 from
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. ...
. They are
bi-parental and
mouthbrooding
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 ...
fish.
Genera
There are six genera within the tribe Limnochromini:
* ''
Baileychromis''
Poll, 1986
* ''
Gnathochromis
''Gnathochromis'' is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in East Africa.
The two species are distantly related (''G. permaxillaris'' close to other limnochromines; ''G. pfefferi'' close to the tropheines) and as ...
''
Poll, 1981
* ''
Limnochromis
''Limnochromis'' is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* '' Limnochromis abeelei'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Figu ...
''
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1920
* ''
Reganochromis''
Whitley, 1929
* ''
Tangachromis
''Tangachromis dhanisi'' is a species of cichlid endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous ...
''
Poll 1981
* ''
Triglachromis
''Triglachromis otostigma'' is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 mill ...
''
Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974
References
External links
* https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/319059
*
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Fish tribes
Cichlid fish of Africa
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