Pundamilia
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]
| Pundamilia | |
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| Pundamilia pundamilia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Pundamilia Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Pundamilia pundamilia Seehausen & Bouton, 1998 | |
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 (Witte-Maas & F. Witte, 1985)
- Pundamilia pundamilia Seehausen & Bouton 1998
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Haplochromis in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- 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.
- 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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