Eretmodini Explained

Eretmodini is a tribe of African cichlids.It contains five species of freshwater fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika. They are small fish with reduced swim bladders that are found near the bottom in the turbulent, coastal surf zone.^[1] They are mouthbrooders.^[1]

Genera

There are three genera, consisting of five species in the tribe:^[2]

• Eretmodus Boulenger, 1898
• Spathodus Boulenger, 1900
• Tanganicodus Poll, 1950

External links

• http://ctdbase.org/detail.go?type=taxon&acc=319068
• Rüber L, Verheyen E, Meyer A . Replicated evolution of trophic specializations in an endemic cichlid fish lineage from Lake Tanganyika . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 96 . 18 . 10230–5 . August 1999 . 10468591 . 17871 . 10.1073/pnas.96.18.10230. free . 1999PNAS...9610230R .

Notes and References

1. Smith, M.P. (1998). Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids, p. 10.
2. Web site: Pseudocrenilabrinae. 18 January 2019 . NCBI.