Cichlinae
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| Two extremes from the subfamily: one of the largest cichlidsCichla temensisabove, and the tinyTeleocichla cinderellabelow | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae Bonaparte 1835[2] |
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TheCichlinaeare a subfamily of fishes in thecichlid family,native toCentralandSouth America.
This subfamily consists of approximately 117 described species as of July 2017.[3]Some authors have suggested that the Cichlinae encompasses all of the Neotropical Cichlids and found the taxon to bemonophyleticand to be divided into seventribes:Astronotini,Chaetobranchini,Cichlasomatini,Cichlini,Geophagini,Heroini,andRetroculini.In this system the Geophaginae plus the Chaetobranchini were recovered as thesister taxonto the clade consisting of the Heroini plus the Cichlatsomatini, these latter two being referred to as the subfamilyCichlasomatinaein some classifications, while themonogenericAstronotini was a sister taxon to these four, while the Cichlini and Retroculini made up a sister clade of the other five.[4]
Tribes
[edit]The following tribes make up the subfamily Cichlinae:[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Malabarba, Maria C.; Malabarba, Luiz R.; López-Fernández, Hernán (2014). "On the Eocene cichlids from the Lumbrera Formation: additions and implications for the Neotropical ichthyofauna".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.34(1): 49–58.Bibcode:2014JVPal..34...49M.doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.830021.
- ^Van der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (11 November 2014)."Family-group names of Recent fishes".Zootaxa Monograph.3882:1–230.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1.PMID25543675.
- ^"Home".fishbase.org.
- ^abWm. Leo Smith; Prosanta Chakrabarty; John S. Sparks (2008)."Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae)"(PDF).Cladistics.24(5): 624–641.
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