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The relationships among 53 genera of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes were analyzed based on internal and external morphological features. Comparison of the morphological cladistic tree with a previously proposed classification showed 5 of 12 tribes to be nonmonophyletic. Sixteen tribes were recognized, the changes in classification being that Trematocarini was treated as a junior synonym of Bathybatini; 5 new tribes were established for each of the following genera, Benthochromis, Boulengerochromis, “Ctenochromis” benthicola, Cyphotilapia, and Greenwoodochromis; “Ctenochromis” horei was transferred from Haplochromini to Tropheini; and “Gnathochromis” pfefferi was transferred from Limnochromini to Tropheini. The revised classification was supported by previously proposed molecular trees.
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Takahashi, T. Systematics of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol Res 50, 367–382 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-003-0181-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-003-0181-7