Haplochromine
Astatotilapia burtoni
The Haplochromini ( Syn: Haplochrominae Hoedeman, 1947 Pseudocrenilabrini Fowler, 1935) are a tribe of cichlids ( Cichlidae ). Almost all species come from Africa, with a focus on East Africa. Astatotilapia flaviijosephi lives in Southwest Asia in the Jordan River and its tributaries. The Haplochromini in Lake Malawi and the Furu in Lake Victoria have formed a large number of endemic species in these lakes and provide a large part of the fish fauna.
Genera
- Species without geographical points Astatotilapia ( independence disputed)
- Pseudocrenilabrus
- Endemic Haplochromini of Malawi Abactochromis
- Aristochromis
- Aulonocara
- Buccochromis
- Caprichromis
- Champsochromis
- Cheilochromis
- Chilotilapia
- Copadichromis
- Corematodus
- Ctenopharynx
- Cynotilapia
- Cyrtocara
- Dimidiochromis
- Diplotaxodon
- Docimodus
- Eclectochromis
- Exochochromis
- Fossochromis
- Hemitaeniochromis
- Hemitilapia
- Iodotropheus
- Labeotropheus
- Labidochromis
- Lethrinops
- Lichnochromis
- Maylandia
- Mchenga
- Melanochromis
- Mylochromis
- Naevochromis
- Nimbochromis
- Nyassachromis
- Otopharynx
- Pallidochromis
- Placidochromis
- Protomelas
- Pseudotropheus
- Rhamphochromis
- Sciaenochromis
- Stigmatochromis
- Taeniochromis
- Taeniolethrinops
- Tramitichromis
- Trematochromis
- Tyrannochromis
- Genera of Victoriaseebeckens Allochromis ( independence disputed)
- Astatoreochromis
- Gaurochromis ( independence disputed)
- Haplochromis
- Harpagochromis ( independence disputed)
- Lithochromis ( independence disputed)
- Macropleurodus ( independence disputed)
- Mbipia ( independence disputed)
- Paralabidochromis ( independence disputed)
- Prognathochromis ( independence disputed)
- Pundamilia ( independence disputed)
- Pyxichromis ( independence disputed)
- Yssichromis ( independence disputed)
- Genera from Central and East Africa Ctenochromis
- Cyclopharynx
- Schwetzochromis
- Thoracochromis
- Genera of southern Africa ( " Serranochromini " ) Chetia
- Orthochromis
- Pharyngochromis
- Sargochromis
- Serranochromis
Phylogeny
The following cladogram by Genner et al. and Salzburger et al. shows the possible relationship and evolution of Haplochromini. Area of origin is probably the Lake Tanganyika, from where they spread out over the rivers in the Congo and southern Africa, the Malagarasi eastward and into Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi. In the two lakes then a rapid adaptive radiation took place again, incurred in the several hundred species.
Species flock of Lake Victoria
Haplochromini from East Africa
Haplochromini from East Africa
Species flock of Lake Malawi ( Mbuna and others)
Astatoreochromis
Pseudocrenilabrus
Genera of southern Africa ( " Serranochromini " )
Haplochromini of the Congo Basin
Haplochromini of the Congo Basin
Perissodini ( Tanganyika )
Ectodini ( Tanganyika )
Orthochromis ( Malagarasi )
Species flock
Of
Lake Tanganyika
EAR = East African Radiation
It also shows that the Haplochromini are paraphyletic with respect to the Tropheini from Lake Tanganyika, which are deep within the Haplochromini.