Pseudocrenilabrus
Pseudocrenilabrus is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae, commonly known as the mouthbrooders endemic to rivers and lakes in Central and Eastern Africa.[2]
| Pseudocrenilabrus | |
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| Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Pseudocrenilabrus Fowler, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudocrenilabrus natalensis Fowler, 1934[1] | |
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor (C. H. Schöller, 1903) (Egyptian mouth-brooder)
- Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi (Pellegrin, 1928)
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander (M. C. W. Weber, 1897) (Southern mouth-brooder)
- Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis Katongo, Seehausen & Snoeks, 2017 (Fire-tailed pseudocrenilabrus )[3]
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudocrenilabrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Pseudocrenilabrus in FishBase. April 2017 version.
- Katongo, C., Seehausen, O. & Snoeks, J. (2017): A new species of Pseudocrenilabrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Mweru in the Upper Congo River System. Zootaxa, 4237 (1): 181–190.
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