Bathybatini
Bathybatini is a tribe of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They are mostly found in relatively deep waters and mainly feed on fish (Bathybates and Hemibates) or plankton (Trematocara).[1] They are mouthbrooders.[1]
| Bathybatini | |
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| Bathybates ferox | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Bathybatini Poll, 1986 |
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This tribe is sometimes restricted to Bathybates, in which case Hemibates is in Hemibatini and Trematocara in Trematocarini.[2][3]
References
- Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, p. 9. ISBN 0-7641-0615-5
- Weiss; Cotterill & Schliewen (2015). "Lake Tanganyika—A 'Melting Pot' of Ancient and Young Cichlid Lineages (Teleostei: Cichlidae)?". PLoS ONE. 10 (7): e0125043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125043. PMC 4415804. PMID 25928886.
- Meyer; Matschiner & Salzburger (2015). "A tribal level phylogeny of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes based on a genomic multi-marker approach". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 56–71. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.009. PMC 4334724. PMID 25433288.
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