Pundamilia

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Pundamilia
Pundamilia pundamilia.jpg
Pundamilia pundamilia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Pundamilia
& , 1998
Type species
Pundamilia pundamilia
Seehausen & , 1998

Pundamilia is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to East Africa, primarily in Lake Victoria. FishBase includes them in Haplochromis.[1] The generic epithet comes from Swahili punda milia ("zebra") after their striped appearance.[2]

At present, five species are placed here:[3]

  • Pundamilia azurea Seehausen and Lippisch, 1998
  • Pundamilia igneopinis Seehausen & Lippitsch 1998
  • Pundamilia macrocephala Seehausen & Bouton 1998
  • Pundamilia nyererei ( & , 1985)
  • Pundamilia pundamilia Seehausen & Bouton 1998

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Haplochromis in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pundamilia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2019.


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