Hemibates

Genus of fishes

Hemibates
Hemibates stenosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Bathybatini
Genus: Hemibates
Regan, 1920
Type species
Paratilapia stenosoma
Boulenger, 1901

Hemibates is a genus of cichlid from the tribe Bathybatini of the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. They are endemic to Lake Tanganyika. They are piscivorous. The genus was considered to be monospecific until the description of Hemibates koningsi in 2017. there is also at least one additional species in this genus, undescribed.

Species

  • Hemibates koningsi Schedel & Schliewen, 2017[1]
  • Hemibates stenosoma (Boulenger, 1901)[2]

References

  1. ^ Frederik Dieter Benedikt Schedel & Ulrich Kurt Schiewen (2017). "Hemibates koningsi spec. nov: a new deep-water cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Zootaxa. 4312 (1).
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Hemibates stenosoma" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
Taxon identifiers
Hemibates