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Astatoreochromis is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to riverine habitats in East Africa. Tilapia bemini, usually placed in the tilapiines, may be rather close to this genus. However, extensive hybridization capabilities of African cichlids seriously confound analyses of phylogeny based on mtDNA, while morphological analyses tend to yield little information due to widespread parallel evolution.[2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 (Alluaud's Haplo)
- Astatoreochromis straeleni (Poll, 1944) (Bluelip Haplo)
- Astatoreochromis vanderhorsti (Greenwood, 1954) — validity questionable, likely a synonym of A. straeleni.[4]
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Astatoreochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Nagl, Sandra; Tichy, Herbert; Mayer, Werner E.; Samonte, Irene E.; McAndrew, Brendan J. & Klein, Jan (2001): Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 361–374. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0979
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Astatoreochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Banyankimbona; Vreven; and Snoeks (2013). A revision of the genus Astatoreochromis (Teleostei, Cichlidae), East-Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 39: 1-21. doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.39
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