Maylandia
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 Maylandia lombardoi
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The genus Maylandia contains around 15 species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa [1]. Like most malawi cichlids, all Maylandia species exhibit brood care via maternal mouthbrooding. Phylogenetically, Maylandia is part of the mbuna flock of haplochromine cichlids [2].
[edit] Maylandia or Metriaclima?
The name Maylandia was proposed as a subgenus of Pseudotropheus in 1984 [3]. If this group of fishes were then given their own genus separate from Pseudotropheus (as more recent consensus demands), Maylandia would then have priority over other genus names for this group [4][5][6]. It is the view of others, however, that the original Maylandia description is scientifically inadequate to define the group, making the name nomen nudem (literally, "meaning nothing") and that Metriaclima should be used for this group of fishes [7][8][9][10]. Although this claim has been refuted by several ichthyological taxonomists [11][12][13][14][15] and in the aquarium literature [16][17], the issue remains a point of contention.
[edit] Species
- Maylandia benetos
- Maylandia callainos
- Maylandia chrysomallos
- Maylandia cyneusmarginatus
- Maylandia emmiltos
- Maylandia flavifemina
- Maylandia greshakei
- Maylandia hajomaylandi
- Maylandia lombardoi
- Maylandia mbenjii
- Maylandia melabranchion
- Maylandia phaeos
- Maylandia pyrsonotos
- Maylandia sandaracinos
- Maylandia thapsinogen
- Maylandia xanstomachus
- Maylandia zebra
- Pseudotropheus heteropictus is sometimes included in Maylandia, however, its taxonomic position remains unclear.
photo by Gerard Delany
[edit] References
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. genus Maylandia. FishBase. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Oliver MK.. [http://malawicichlids.com/mw07000.htm Checklist of the Mbuna Species Flock]. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Meyer, M.K., and W. Foerster. 1984. Un nouveau Pseudotropheus du lac Malawi avec des remarques sur le complexe Pseudotropheus-Melanochromis (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Revue Française d'Aquariologie et de Herpetologie 10:107-112
- ^ Condé, B., and J. Géry. 1999. Maylandia Meyer et Foerster, 1984, un nom générique disponible (Teleostei, Perciformes, Cichlidae). [Maylandia Meyer and Foerster, 1984, an available generic name.] Revue Française d'Aquariologie et de Herpetologie 26: 21-22.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. genus Maylandia. FishBase. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Eschmeyer W. N. 2006. Catalog of fishes California Academy of Sciences, USA. online edition
- ^ Konings, A. 2001. Malawi Cichlids in their natural habitat. Cichlid Press, USA. 3rd Edn.
- ^ Konings A.. Maylandia or Metriaclima, ...again!. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Stauffer, J.R., Jr., N.J. Bowers, K.A. Kellogg, and K.R. McKaye. 1997. A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malawi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 148: 189-230
- ^ Konings, A., and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 2006. Revised diagnosis of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with description of a new species from Lake Malawi National Park, Africa. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17: 233-246
- ^ Kullander S. Editor.. Cichlid L Archives. Museum of Natural History, Sweden. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Kullander S. Editor.. Cichlid L Archives. Museum of Natural History, Sweden. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Kullander S. Editor.. Cichlid L Archives. Museum of Natural History, Sweden. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Oliver MK.. Maylandia, Metriaclima, or Pseudotropheus?. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Oliver MK.. Validity and availability of Maylandia — The technical details. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Seegers, L. 1998. Von Roloffia roloffi und Maylandia hajomaylandi. DATZ, 51: 812-813
- ^ Isbrucker, I. 1998. Maylandia oder Metriaclima? DATZ, 51: 813.
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