Mbipia
Appearance
Mbipia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Mbipia Lippitsch & Seehausen, 1998 |
Type species | |
Mbipia mbipi Lippitsch & Bouton[1]
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Mbipia is a putative genus of haplochromine cichlids which is endemic to Lake Victoria. This taxa within the genus Mbipia are currently considered by FishBase to be contained within Haplochromis[2] until a comprehensive review of that genus is conducted, however other authorities recognise its validity.[3]
If eventually separated from Haplochromis it would probably contain the following species:[3]
- Mbipia lutea Seehausen & Bouton, 1998
- Mbipia mbipi Lippitsch & Bouton, 1998
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mbipia.
- ^ Seehausen, O.; E. Lippitsch; N. Bouton & H. Zwennes (1998). "Mbipi, the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Victoria: description of three new genera and fifteen new species". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 9 (2): 129–228.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mbipia in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mbipia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 December 2018.