Pseudocrenilabrinae

Taxobox
name = Pseudocrenilabrinae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
subfamilia = Pseudocrenilabrinae
subfamilia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Tribes
subdivision =
Chromidotilapiini

Cyprichromini

Ectodini

Haplochromini

Hemichromini

Lamprologini

Limnochromini

Tilapiini

Tropheini

Tylochromini
and see text

The Pseudocrenilabrinae is a subfamily in the cichlid family of fishes to which, according to the last studies of Sparks & Smith (2004), belong all the African cichlids with the exception of the similar Malagasy species. Previous authors recognized even wider African sub-families, e.g. the Tilapiinae of Hoedeman (1947), Tylochrominae of Poll (1986), Heterochrominae of Kullander (1998) or Boulengerochrominae and Paratilapinae of Tawil (2001).

To this family belong the cichlids of the greater East-African lakes like the Mbuna in the Lake Malawi, the Furu in the Lake Victoria and the remaining endemic cichlid tribes of Lake Tanganyika.

The Pseudocrenilabrinae tribes Haplochromini and Tilapiini are widespread in Africa; the others are more localized, partiocularly in the Rift Valley lakes.

ystematics

Apart from the tribes mentioned, the Bathybatini, Benthochromini, Boulengerochromini, Cyphotilapiini, Eretmodini, Greenwoodochromini, Limnochromini and Perissodini are sometimes also recognized. The extinct genus "Mahengechromis" and the enigmatic living species "Etia nguti" are apparently quite singluar Pseudocrenilabrinae, distinct from any of the established tribes.

Genera

References

* I. P. Farias, G. Orti, A. Meyer: "Total Evidence: Molecules, Morphology, and the Phylogenetics of Cichlid Fishes", Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol Dev Evol) 288:76–92 (2000) [http://golab.unl.edu/publications/Farias%202000.pdf PDF]
* "Cichlidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Nov 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006. [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?Family=Cichlidae]