Biology:Greenwoodochromis

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Greenwoodochromis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

The generic name is a compound noun, made up of the surname Greenwood, in honour of the United Kingdom 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]

References

  1. 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. PMID 24673106.  Abstract
  2. "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Greenwoodochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3004747 entry