Wallaceochromis

<i>Wallaceochromis</i>

Wallaceochromis

Genus of fishes

Wallaceochromis is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae and subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae endemic to West Africa.[1] The name of this genus honours the British naturalist and coproponent of the theory of evolution through natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913).[2]

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Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Wallaceochromis humilis (Boulenger, 1916)
  • Wallaceochromis rubrolabiatus (Lamboj, 2004)
  • Wallaceochromis signatus (Lamboj, 2004)

References

  1. [1]
    Lamboj, A., Trummer, F. & Metscher, B.D. (2016): Wallaceochromis gen. nov, a new chromidotilapiine cichlid genus (Pisces: Perciformes) from West Africa. Zootaxa, 4144 (1): 124-130.
  2. [2]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Wallaceochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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