Tropheini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of African
cichlids,
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 to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Lake Tanganyika. The species in this tribe 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.
Genera
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Limnotilapia''
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Lobochilotes''
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Petrochromis''
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Pseudosimochromis''
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Simochromis''
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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 ...
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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 tribes
Cichlid fish of Africa
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