Pundamilia
Appearance
Pundamilia | |
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Pundamilia pundamilia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Pundamilia Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998 |
Type species | |
Pundamilia pundamilia Seehausen & Bouton, 1998
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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]
- 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.