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Pseudotropheus
''Pseudotropheus'' is a genus of fishes in the family Cichlidae. These mbuna cichlids are endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa. Taxonomy Like some other large cichlid genera, such as ''Cichlasoma'', a number of related fishes have been recently reassigned to different genera such as '' Tropheops'' or ''Maylandia''. Some species of '' Melanochromis'' in turn have been moved into ''Pseudotropheus''. There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pseudotropheus ater'' Stauffer, 1988 * '' Pseudotropheus benetos'' (Bowers & Stauffer, 1997) * '' Pseudotropheus brevis'' ( Trewavas, 1935) * '' Pseudotropheus crabro'' ( Ribbink & D. S. C. Lewis, 1982) * '' Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos'' (Bowers & Stauffer, 1997) * '' Pseudotropheus cyaneus'' Stauffer, 1988 * '' Pseudotropheus demasoni'' Konings, 1994 * '' Pseudotropheus elegans'' Trewavas, 1935Stauffer, J.R.Jr., Konings, A.F. & Ryan, T.M. (2016): Redescription of ''Pseudotropheus livingstonii'' and ''Pseudotrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maylandia
''Maylandia'' or ''Metriaclima'' is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemism, endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They belong to the mbuna (rock-dwelling) haplochromines. All species in this genus are relatively small fishes, less than in length. Like most Lake Malawi cichlids, exhibit brood care via maternal mouthbrooding. Numerous members of the genus are traded as aquarium fish. They are attractive because they are brightly colored and often very sexually dimorphic; like other cichlids they are not suited for beginners and for most companion tanks. Name The name ''Maylandia'', honours the cichlid enthusiast and author about aquaria Hans Joachim Mayland, who died in 2004, was proposed as a subgenus of ''Pseudotropheus'' in 1984, naming the long-known but undescribed "Ice Blue Zebra" as the type species. In 1997 Stauffer ''et al''. described the genus ''Metriaclima'', dismissing the pre-existing ''Maylandia'' on the assumption that it lacked a type species and a diagnosi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
