''Haplotaxodon'' is a genus 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 th ...
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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 els ...
to
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. T ...
in Africa.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
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Haplotaxodon microlepis
''Haplotaxodon microlepis'' is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
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Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Benjamin Boulenger (born 1990), French footballer
* Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo
* George Albert Boulenger (1858–1 ...
, 1906
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Haplotaxodon trifasciatus
''Haplotaxodon'' is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* '' Haplotaxodon microlepis'' Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname inc ...
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T. Takahashi & Nakaya Nakaya (written: 中谷, 仲谷 or 中矢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese artist
*Katsuhiko Nakaya (born 1957), Brazilian sprinter
*, Japanese ichthyologist
*, Japanese judoka
* ...
, 1999
References
Perissodini
Cichlid genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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