Heterotilapia

Heterotilapia
	T. buttikoferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Heterotilapia; Regan, 1920
Type species
	Chromis buttikoferi; Hubrecht, 1881

Heterotilapia is a genus of cichlids native to western Africa. Formerly considered a sub-genus of Tilapia, in 2013 it was elevated to genus rank by Dunz & Schliewen.^[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Heterotilapia buttikoferi (Hubrecht, 1881) (Zebra tilapia)
Heterotilapia cessiana (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968)

References

^ ^a ^b Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2013): Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015

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[Dunz2013-1] Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2013): Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015

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