Perissodini Explained

Perissodini is a tribe of African cichlids, containing three genera of freshwater fish found only in Lake Tanganyika.^[1]

One of its genera, Haplotaxodon, feeds on small fish and zooplankton. The other two genera are specialised in eating scales from other fish.^[1] They are all mouthbrooders.^[2]

External links

• https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/319066
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071206122807/http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1344

Notes and References

1. Takahashi . R. . Watanabe . K. . Nishida . M. . Hori . M. . Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: A molecular phylogenetic approach . 10.1186/1471-2148-7-195 . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 7 . 195 . 2007 . 1 . 17945014. 2212659 . free . 2007BMCEE...7..195T .
2. Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, pp. 11—13.