Hemichromini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n
cichlid
Cichlids ()
are a large, diverse, and widespread family of percomorph fish in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes. At least 1,760 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families, with on ...
s.
The group consists of 14 species of
freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine habitats in many wa ...
from two genera: one species in ''
Anomalochromis'' and the remaining in ''
Hemichromis''.
References
External links
* http://ctdbase.org/detail.go?type=taxon&acc=319076
* https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/319076
* http://myhits.isb-sib.ch/cgi-bin/view_cla_entry?name=taxid:319076
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Fish tribes
Cichlid fish of Africa
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