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Issue: Vol. 5296 No. 2: 26 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.7
Page range: 265-274
Abstract views: 1243
PDF downloaded: 23

Description of a geographically variable elongate rock-dwelling cichlid (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa

Penn State University; 432 Forest Resources Building; University Park; Pennsylvania 16802; USA. Honorary Research Associate; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity; Makhanda; RSA
Cichlid Press; PO Box 13608; El Paso; TX 79913
Pisces mbuna Lake Malawi Metriaclima

Abstract

The rock-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malaŵi, known as mbuna, comprise a diverse group of haplochromine fishes that are placed among 14 genera. Within the mbuna, Pseudotropheus is a polyphyletic genus, which has served as a catch-all for many of these fishes. Recently, many of the species-groups within Pseudotropheus have been elevated to separate genera. Herein, we describe an elongate form that was originally placed in the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group but is now described as a member of Metriaclima.

 

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