Evolution and speciation in the Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) of Lake Victoria
The species flock of cichlid fishes in Lake Victoria comprises two endemic Tilapia, about seventy endemic Haplochromis and four endemic monotypic genera with strong aplochromis affinities. In addition there are six Haplochromis and one monotypic genus with a somewhat wider distribution; however, only one of these species, the nilotic H. multicolor, extends beyond the Edward-Victoria drainage basins. The smaller Haplochromis species flocks in Lakes Edward and Kivu are closely related to that of Victoria, but even including these species the whole complex shows less taxonomic, morphological and ecological diversity than the flocks of Haplochromis and Haplochromis-like species in Lake Nyasa.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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1958
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32686 |
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