Pseudocrenilabrus
| Pseudocrenilabrus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Male P. multicolor courting a female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Pseudocrenilabrus Fowler, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudocrenilabrus natalensis Fowler, 1934 | |
Pseudocrenilabrus is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids that are endemic to rivers and lakes in Central and Eastern Africa. These are small cichlids that, as suggested by the common names of the individual species, are mouthbrooders.
Species
At present, only three species are placed here, but two of these are divided into subspecies:[1]
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor (Schöller, 1903)
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor multicolor (Schöller, 1903) (Egyptian mouthbrooder)
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoria Seegers, 1990 (dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder)
- Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi (Pellegrin, 1928)
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander (M. C. W. Weber, 1897)
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander dispersus (Trewavas, 1936)
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander luebberti (Hilgendorf, 1902)
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander (M. C. W. Weber, 1897) (southern mouthbrooder)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Pseudocrenilabrus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links
Media related to Pseudocrenilabrus at Wikimedia Commons
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