Revision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania

Molecular phylogenetic evidence clearly resolves the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis, as defined by Greenwood (1979), as paraphyletic. Here, we redefine the genus Ctenochromis and assign Ctenochromis horei, a member of the Tropheini from Lake Tanganyika, to a new genus Shuja gen. nov. We re...

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Main Authors: Martin J. Genner, Ling-Lan Hsu, Rupert A. Collins, Alan M. Smith, Andrew D. Saxon, Asilatu H. Shechonge, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, George F. Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2022-05-01
Series:European Journal of Taxonomy
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Online Access:http://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1775