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Trematochromis benthicola

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Trematochromis benthicola
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Trematochromis
Poll, 1987
Species: T. benthicola
Binomial name
Trematochromis benthicola
(Matthes, 1962)
Synonyms

Haplochromis benthicola Matthes, 1962
Ctenochromis benthicola (Matthes, 1962) (but see text)
Trematochromis schreyeni Poll, 1987

Trematochromis benthicola is a ray-finned fish species in the cichlid family (Cichlidae), subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae and the tribe Haplochromini. It is found throughout Lake Tanganyika in the Burundian, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzanian, and Zambian shoreline. Its preferred habitat are the hidden recesses of caves in shallow water.

This species was described in 1962. At the time of its discovery placed in Haplochromis – then a "wastebin genus" for Haplochromini cichlids –, it was subsequently moved to Ctenochromis, but differs somewhat from the fishes otherwise placed there. Consequently, it has been proposed for separation in a monotypic genus Trematochromis, which was established in 1987 when "C." benthicola was mistakenly described a second time.

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Ctenochromis benthicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60483A12362480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60483A12362480.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trematochromis benthicola". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. T. Takahashi; J. Snoeks & K. Nakaya (2006). "Trematochromis schreyeni Poll, 1987, a junior synonym of 'Ctenochromis' benthicola (Matthes, 1962)(Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Journal of Fish Biology. 68: 56–67. Bibcode:2006JFBio..68...56T. doi:10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00969.x. Abstract
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Trematochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Trematochromis benthicola
Ctenochromis benthicola
Haplochromis benthicola


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