Greenwoodochromis
Greenwoodochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish that are endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Greenwoodochromini, however, some authorities have synonymised the Greenwoodochromini with the tribe Limnochromini.[1]
| Greenwoodochromis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Greenwoodochromini Takahashi, 2003 |
| Genus: | Greenwoodochromis Poll, 1983 |
| Type species | |
| Limnochromis christyi Trewavas, 1953 | |
The generic name is a compound noun, made up of the surname Greenwood, in honour of the British ichthyologist Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995), and the Greek word chromis which was used by Aristotle for a type of fish. This was probably the drum Sciaenidae and may be derived from the word chroemo which means "to neigh" in reference to the noise made by drums. This word was applied to a number of percomorph fishes, such as damselfish, cardinalfish, dottybacks, wrasses and cichilds, by ichthyologists as these were thought to be closely related.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi (Poll, 1976)
- Greenwoodochromis christyi (Trewavas, 1953)
References
- Takahashi T. (2014). "Greenwoodochromini Takahashi from Lake Tanganyika is a junior synonym of Limnochromini poll (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Journal of Fish Biology. 84 (4): 929–936. doi:10.1111/jfb.12309. hdl:2433/198633. PMID 24673106. Abstract
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Greenwoodochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.