Chetia
Appearance
Chetia | |
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Chetia welwitschi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Chetia Trewavas, 1961 |
Type species | |
Chetia flaviventris Trewavas, 1961
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Chetia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to riverine habitats in southern Africa, as well as the Congo River Basin.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chetia brevicauda I. R. Bills & Olaf, 2002
- Chetia brevis R. A. Jubb, 1968 (orange-fringed largemouth)
- Chetia flaviventris Trewavas, 1961 (canary kurper)
- Chetia gracilis (Greenwood, 1984) (slender happy)
- Chetia mola Balon & D. J. Stewart, 1983
- Chetia welwitschi (Boulenger, 1898) (Angolan happy)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chetia in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links
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