Neolamprologus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Neolamprologus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Princess of Burundi, Neolamprologus brichardi
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
About 50, but see text. |
Neolamprologus is a genus of cichlid fishes endemic to eastern Africa with all but one species[1] occurring in Lake Tanganyika. It is the largest genus of cichlids in Lake Tanganyika and also the largest genus in the tribe Lamprologini, which includes Altolamprologus, Chalinochromis, Julidochromis, Lamprologus, Lepidiolamprologus, Telmatochromis and Variabilichromis.
It is already known for some time that according to mtDNA sequence analysis, this genus is very probably polyphyletic. It is likely that it will be revised eventually. As with many cichlids, recent speciation and abundant hybridization confound molecular studies, while the morphological similarity and numerous undescribed species do not make analyses easier either.[2]
[edit] Species
About 1-2 new species are described every year.
- Neolamprologus bifasciatus Büscher, 1993
- Neolamprologus boulengeri
- Neolamprologus brevis
- Neolamprologus brichardi
- Neolamprologus buescheri
- Neolamprologus cancellatus Aibara, Takahashi & Nakaya, 2005
- Neolamprologus caudopunctatus
- Neolamprologus chitamwebwai Verburg & Bills, 2007
- Neolamprologus christyi
- Neolamprologus crassus
- Neolamprologus cylindricus Staeck & Seegers, 1986
- Neolamprologus devosi Schelly, Stiassny & Seegers, 2003
- Neolamprologus falcicula
- Neolamprologus fasciatus
- Neolamprologus furcifer
- Neolamprologus gracilis
- Neolamprologus hecqui
- Neolamprologus helianthus Büscher, 1997
- Neolamprologus leleupi
- Neolamprologus leloupi
- Neolamprologus longicaudatus Nakaya & Gashagaza, 1995
- Neolamprologus longior
- Neolamprologus marunguensis Büscher, 1989
- Neolamprologus meeli
- Neolamprologus modestus
- Neolamprologus mondabu
- Neolamprologus multifasciatus
- Neolamprologus mustax
- Neolamprologus niger
- Neolamprologus nigriventris Büscher, 1992
- Neolamprologus obscurus
- Neolamprologus olivaceous
- Neolamprologus pectoralis Büscher, 1991
- Neolamprologus petricola
- Neolamprologus pleuromaculatus
- Neolamprologus prochilus
- Neolamprologus pulcher
- Neolamprologus savoryi
- Neolamprologus schreyeni
- Neolamprologus sexfasciatus
- Neolamprologus similis
- Neolamprologus splendens
- Neolamprologus tetracanthus
- Neolamprologus toae
- Neolamprologus tretocephalus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Neolamprologus variostigma Büscher, 1995
- Neolamprologus ventralis Büscher, 1995
- Neolamprologus walteri Verburg & Bills, 2007
- Neolamprologus wauthioni
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Neolamprologus devosi from the Malagarasi River, tentatively placed here
- ^ Sturmbauer et al. (1994)
[edit] References
- "Neolamprologus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Sturmbauer, C.; Verheyen. E.; Meyer, A. (1994): Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Lamprologini, the major substrate spawning lineage of cichild fishes from Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11(4): 691-703. PDF fulltext
