Astatotilapia
| Astatotilapia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A. burtoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Astatotilapia Pellegrin, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Sparus desfontainii Lacepède, 1802 | |
Astatotilapia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids from Africa, with a single species in Israel and Syria. Many species have been moved between this genus and Haplochromis, and while some consensus has been reached in recent years, their mutual delimitation is still far from settled.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Astatotilapia bloyeti (Sauvage, 1883) (Bloyet's Haplo)
- Astatotilapia burtoni (Günther, 1894)
- Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894) (Eastern Happy)
- Astatotilapia desfontainii (Lacépède, 1802)
- Astatotilapia flaviijosephi (Lortet, 1883)
- Astatotilapia stappersii (Poll, 1943)
- Astatotilapia swynnertoni (Boulenger, 1907)
- Astatotilapia tweddlei P. B. N. Jackson, 1985
Two undescribed populations appear to be distinct species:
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Astatotilapia in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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