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Pundamilia

Pundamilia

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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]

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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Pundamilia: Brief Summary

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

At present, five species are placed here:

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
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