Biology:Gnathochromis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Gnathochromis
Gnathochromis premaxillaris.jpg
G. permaxillaris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Limnochromini
Genus: Gnathochromis
Poll, 1981
Type species
Limnochromis permaxillaris
L. R. David, 1936

Gnathochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in East Africa.

The two species are distantly related (G. permaxillaris close to other limnochromines; G. pfefferi close to the tropheines) and as presently defined Gnathochromis is polyphyletic.[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Duftner; Koblmüller; and Sturmbauer (2005.) Evolutionary Relationships of the Limnochromini, a Tribe of Benthic Deepwater Cichlid Fish Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. J Mol Evol 60: 277–289. doi: 10.1007/s00239-004-0017-8.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gnathochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2702318 entry