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Phylogenetic investigations on the haplochromine Cichlidae of Lake Kivu (East Africa), based on lepidological characters *
Author(s) -
Lippitsch E.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01666.x
Subject(s) - biology , monophyly , phylogenetics , sensu stricto , zoology , lineage (genetic) , taxonomy (biology) , phylogenetic tree , clade , biochemistry , gene
The phylogeny of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Kivu was studied using lepidological characters. Only one species, Haplochromis astatodon was found to have a closer relationship to a group outside Lake Kivu, namely Haplochromis sensu stricto . The other 14 species form a monophyletic lineage that is part of a subdivision in the large Lake Victoria‐Edward‐Kivu flock. The internal phylogeny of this lineage was resolved to the species level.