Project:BB|1713
- Title
- Systematics of cichlids (Teleostei) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa)
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- StartDate
- 1992-01-01
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Abstract
These systematic revisions are mainly based on morphometrics, sometimes in combination with molecular approaches (collaboration with the Institut Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique). Data are already available for various groups such as the eretmodini, the genera Chalinochromis, Telmatochromis, Tropheus, Petrochromis, Neolamprologus and the Ectodini. In a study of the Neolamprologus savoryi complex, nine described and two undescribed species were distinguished. Geographical variation has been observed in the two species (N. brichardi and N. savoryi) with a circumlacustrine distribution. The other species have more restricted distributions in which the geological split of the lake in sub-basins is reflected. A multidisciplinary revision of the genera Ophthalmotilapia and Cyatopharynx combines morphological and molecular research. The first data on Ophthalmotilapia have been published and three more full publications are in preparation.
Keywords
endemicity, speciation, adaptive radiation, evolution, biodiversity, freshwater, taxonomy, systematics, fishes, phylogeny, distribution, lakes, ichthyology, zoology, limnology, Biogeography, Genetics, Morphology, Phylogeny and evolution, Systematics and taxonomy, Ponds and lakes , standing waters, Origins, Maintenance and Change of Biodiversity, Systematics, Inventorying and Classification, Monitoring of Biodiversity, Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, Inland Water Biodiversity, alien species, East Africa, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika, Cichlidae, Petrochromis, Eretmodus, Spathodus, Tanganicodus, Neolamprologus, Lamprologus, Altolamprologus, Variabilichromis, Ophthalmotilapia, Telmatochromis, Lepidiolamprologus, Chalinochromis, Julidochromis, Tropheus, Ectodus, Cunningtonia, Cyatopharynx, Cardiopharynx, Asprotilapia, Aulonocranus, Callochromis, Xenotilapia, Grammatotria, Enantiopus, Microdontochromis
Classifications
Burundi {Geographical scope}
Congo, Democratic Republic of {Geographical scope}
Tanzania {Geographical scope}
Zambia {Geographical scope}
Inland Waters {Habitat type}
Orgunits
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| Section Vertebrates | unknown |
Publications
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| Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. 1995. - Morphometry and distribution of the Telmatochromis temporalis complex (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). Abstr. Second Benelux-Congress Zool., Leiden, the Netherlands : 110. | author |
| Hanssens, M., Snoeks J. & Verheyen E. 1995. - A morphometric and molecular analysis of the genus Ophthalmotilapia (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). Abstr. Second Benelux-Congress Zool., Leiden, the Netherlands : 111. | author |
| Verheyen, E., Rüber, L., Snoeks, J. & Meyer, A. 1996. - Mitochondrial phylogeography ofrock-dwelling cichlid fishes reveals evolutionary influence of historical lake level fluctuations of Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Phil. Trans. R.. Soc. Lond. B, 351 : 797-805. | author |
| Hanssens, M., Snoeks, J., Verheyen, E. 1996. - A morphometric revision of the genus Ophthalmotilapia (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). Abstr. Third Benelux-Congress Zool., Namur, Belgium : 15. | author |
| Hanssens, M., Snoeks, J & Verheyen, E. 1999. - A morphometric revision of the genus Ophthalmotilapia (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 125: 487-512. | author |
| Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. 2001. - A revised synonymy of Telmatochromis temporalis (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). J. Fish Biol. 58 : 639-655. | author |
| Snoeks, J., Rüber, L. & Verheyen, E. 1994. - The Tanganyika problem : comments on the taxonomy and distribution patterns of its cichlid fauna. Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 44 : 355-372. | author |
| Snoeks, J. & Ngatunga, B. 1995. - A preliminary analysis of the Petrochromis polyodon complex (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). Abstr. Second Benelux-Congress Zool., Leiden, the Netherlands : 128-129. | author |
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