Ophthalmotilapia | |
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Ophthalmotilapia nasuta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tribe: | Ectodini |
Genus: | Ophthalmotilapia Pellegrin, 1904 |
Type species | |
Tilapia boops Boulenger, 1901
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Ophthalmotilapia is a small genus of four cichlid species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Ophthalmotilapia boops (Boulenger, 1901)
- Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
- Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
- Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Boulenger, 1898)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Ophthalmotilapia in FishBase. April 2013 version.