Ophthalmotilapia

Ophthalmotilapia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Ectodini
Genus: Ophthalmotilapia
Pellegrin, 1904
Type species
Tilapia boops
Boulenger, 1901

Ophthalmotilapia is a small genus of four cichlid species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Ophthalmotilapia in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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