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Pseudocrenilabrinae
Sign in to saveThe Pseudocrenilabrinae are a subfamily in the cichlid family of fishes to which, according to a study from 2004, includes all the Middle Eastern and African cichlids with the exception of the unusual Heterochromis multidens and the Malagasy species. This subfamily includes more than 1,100 species. Previous authors recognized additional African subfamilies, e.g. the Tilapiinae of Hoedeman (1947), Tylochrominae of Poll (1986), or Boulengerochrominae of Tawil (2001).
Species
Subfamily
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCichliformes
- FamilyCichlidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- MCZ
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Uganda
Wikidata facts
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- Pseudocrenilabrinae
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudocrenilabrinae
- taxon common name
- ปลาหมอสีแอฟริกา
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The Pseudocrenilabrinae are a subfamily in the cichlid family of fishes to which, according to a study from 2004, includes all the Middle Eastern and African cichlids with the exception of the unusual Heterochromis multidens and the Malagasy species. This subfamily includes more than 1,100 species. Previous authors recognized additional African subfamilies, e.g. the Tilapiinae of Hoedeman (1947), Tylochrominae of Poll (1986), or Boulengerochrominae of Tawil (2001).
This subfamily includes the cichlids from the African Great Lakes, such as the utaka and mbuna in Lake Malawi, and various species from Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudocrenilabrinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.