Limnochromini

Tribe of fishes

Limnochromini
Gnathochromis permaxillaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Limnochromini
Poll, 1986[1]

Limnochromini is a tribe of African cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. They are bi-parental and mouthbrooding fish.

Genera

There are six genera within the tribe Limnochromini:[2]

  • Baileychromis Poll, 1986
  • Gnathochromis Poll, 1981
  • Limnochromis Regan, 1920
  • Reganochromis Whitley, 1929
  • Tangachromis Poll 1981
  • Triglachromis Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974

References

  1. ^ Van der Laan, R.; W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ "Taxonomy - Limnochromini (TRIBE)". UniProt. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

External links

  • https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/319059
  • Duftner, Nina; Koblmüller, Stephan; Sturmbauer, Christian (2005). "Evolutionary Relationships of the Limnochromini, a Tribe of Benthic Deepwater Cichlid Fish Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 60 (3): 277–89. Bibcode:2005JMolE..60..277D. doi:10.1007/s00239-004-0017-8. PMID 15871039. S2CID 20816494.
Taxon identifiers
Limnochromini


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