Chromidotilapia
Chromidotilapia | |
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Günther's mouthbrooder (C. guntheri) pair with fry, female on left | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tribe: | Chromidotilapiini |
Genus: | Chromidotilapia Boulenger, 1898 |
Type species | |
Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898 |
Chromidotilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes. The genus contains 11 species. Of these, 9 are from Central Africa, one (C. guentheri) is from Liberia to Cameroon, while the final (C. cavalliensis) is restricted to Côte d'Ivoire.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chromidotilapia cavalliensis (Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971)
- Chromidotilapia elongata Lamboj, 1999
- Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882) (Günther's mouthbrooder)
- Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898
- Chromidotilapia linkei Staeck, 1980
- Chromidotilapia mamonekenei Lamboj, 1999
- Chromidotilapia melaniae Lamboj, 2003
- Chromidotilapia mrac Lamboj, 2002
- Chromidotilapia nana Lamboj, 2003
- Chromidotilapia schoutedeni (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Chromidotilapia in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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