This genus has a puzzling relationship with the extremely similar species placed in Julidochromis. In their mtDNANADH dehydrogenasesubunit 2 sequence, Chalinochromis are closer to J. dickfeldi, J. ornatus and J. transcriptus – in particular the latter two – than to any other living fish, while J. marlieri and J. regani are closer to Telmatochromis. Julidochromis thus might need to be split in two, with Chalinochromis included in one lineage. Alternatively, there has twice been successful intergeneric hybridization between particular lineages of Julidochromis males and Chalinochromis females (males generally do not pass on mtDNA to their offspring). Yet another possibility is that Julidochromis is monophyletic and includes Chalinochromis; in this scenario males of the common ancestor of J. marlieri and J. regani would have hybridized with females of the common ancestor of Telmatochromis.[1]
Chalinochromis are popular aquarium fishes, and require similar care to Julidochromis. Like most lamprologine species, Chalinochromis are secretive during spawning, often choosing a small cave or crevice to spawn inside. In the aquarium the species often spawns under flat pieces of slate.
Speciesedit
The three formally described species in this genus are as follows:[2][3]
The two undescribed species in this genus are as follows:[3]
Chalinochromis sp. "bifrenatus"
Chalinochromis sp. "ndobhoi"
Referencesedit
^ abDay, Julia J.; Santini, Simona & Garcia-Moreno, Jaime (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini: The story from mitochondrial DNA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.45(2): 629–642. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.025 (HTML abstract)
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Chalinochromis in FishBase. February 2015 version.
^ abcKullander, S.O., Karlsson, M., Karlsson, M. & Norén, M. (2014): Chalinochromis cyanophleps, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika. Zootaxa, 3790 (3): 425–438.
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chalinochromis, small, cichlid, genus, from, subfamily, pseudocrenilabrinae, these, finned, fishes, endemic, lake, tanganyika, east, african, rift, scientific, name, refers, bridle, like, markings, across, heads, members, this, genus, they, have, specialized, . Chalinochromis is a small cichlid genus from the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae These ray finned fishes are endemic to Lake Tanganyika in the East African Rift The scientific name refers to the bridle like markings across the heads of members of this genus They have specialized jaws enabling them to feed on sponges 1 Chalinochromis C popelini Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Cichliformes Family Cichlidae Tribe Lamprologini Genus ChalinochromisPoll 1974 Type species Chalinochromis brichardiPoll 1974 This genus has a puzzling relationship with the extremely similar species placed in Julidochromis In their mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence Chalinochromis are closer to J dickfeldi J ornatus and J transcriptus in particular the latter two than to any other living fish while J marlieri and J regani are closer to Telmatochromis Julidochromis thus might need to be split in two with Chalinochromis included in one lineage Alternatively there has twice been successful intergeneric hybridization between particular lineages of Julidochromis males and Chalinochromis females males generally do not pass on mtDNA to their offspring Yet another possibility is that Julidochromis is monophyletic and includes Chalinochromis in this scenario males of the common ancestor of J marlieri and J regani would have hybridized with females of the common ancestor of Telmatochromis 1 Chalinochromis are popular aquarium fishes and require similar care to Julidochromis Like most lamprologine species Chalinochromis are secretive during spawning often choosing a small cave or crevice to spawn inside In the aquarium the species often spawns under flat pieces of slate Species editThe three formally described species in this genus are as follows 2 3 Chalinochromis brichardi Poll 1974 Chalinochromis cyanophleps S O Kullander Mi Karlsson Ma Karlsson amp Noren 2014 3 Chalinochromis popelini Brichard 1989 The two undescribed species in this genus are as follows 3 Chalinochromis sp bifrenatus Chalinochromis sp ndobhoi References edit a b Day Julia J Santini Simona amp Garcia Moreno Jaime 2007 Phylogenetic relationships of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini The story from mitochondrial DNA Mol Phylogenet Evol 45 2 629 642 doi 10 1016 j ympev 2007 02 025 HTML abstract Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel eds 2015 Species of Chalinochromis in FishBase February 2015 version a b c Kullander S O Karlsson M Karlsson M amp Noren M 2014 Chalinochromis cyanophleps a new species of cichlid fish Teleostei Cichlidae from Lake Tanganyika Zootaxa 3790 3 425 438 nbsp This Lamprologini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chalinochromis amp oldid 1022545090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
