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Gnathochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in East Africa.
The two species are distantly related (G. permaxillaris close to other limnochromines; G. pfefferi close to the tropheines) and as presently defined Gnathochromis is polyphyletic.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gnathochromis permaxillaris (L. R. David, 1936)
- Gnathochromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898)
References
- ^ Duftner; Koblmüller; and Sturmbauer (2005.) Evolutionary Relationships of the Limnochromini, a Tribe of Benthic Deepwater Cichlid Fish Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. J Mol Evol 60: 277–289. doi: 10.1007/s00239-004-0017-8.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gnathochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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