Systematic of Tanganyikan Cichlid Fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes)

A cura di Takahashi, Tetsumi

Ichthyological Research, 50(4):367-382 nov-2003. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0181-7


" The relationships among 53 genera of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes were analyzed based on internal and external morphological features. Comparison of the morphological cladistic tree with a previously proposed classification showed 5 of 12 tribes to be nonmonophyletic. Sixteen tribes were recognized, the changes in classification being that Trematocarini was treated as a junior synonym of Bathybatini; 5 new tribes were established for each of the following genera, Benthochromis, Boulengerochromis, Ctenochromis benthicola, Cyphotilapia, and Greenwoodochromis; Ctenochromis horei was transferred from Haplochromini to Tropheini; and Gnathochromis pfefferi was transferred from Limnochromini to Tropheini. The revised classification was supported by previously proposed molecular trees "

Classificazione: Tassonomia e filogenesi.

Lingua: English

Takahashi, Tetsumi. 2003. "Systematic of Tanganyikan Cichlid Fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Ichthyological Research. 50(4):367-382. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-003-0181-7 (crc01491) (riassunto)