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Perissodini

Perissodini is a tribe of African cichlids, containing two genera of freshwater fish found only in Lake Tanganyika.

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Perissodini
Perissodus microlepis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Perissodini
Poll, 1986
Genera

Haplotaxodon
Perissodus

Perissodini is a tribe of African cichlids, containing two genera of freshwater fish found only in Lake Tanganyika.1

One of its genera, Haplotaxodon, feeds on small fish and zooplankton. The other geneus is specialised in eating scales from other fish.1 They are all mouthbrooders.2

References

References

  1. Takahashi, R.; Watanabe, K.; Nishida, M.; Hori, M. (2007). "Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: A molecular phylogenetic approach". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7 (1): 195. Bibcode:2007BMCEE...7..195T. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-195. PMC 2212659. PMID 17945014.
  2. Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids. Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0-7641-0615-5.
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