Review Article

Mating and Parental Care in Lake Tanganyika's Cichlids

Table 1

Alphabetical list of genera mentioned in the text and their tribal association according to Koblmüller et al. [10]. Lamprologini and Boulengerochromini are substrate breeders, all the other LT cichlids are mouthbrooders.

GenusTribe

AltolamprologusLamprologini
Asprotilapia2Ectodini
AulonocranusEctodini
BoulengerochromisBoulengerochromini
ChalinochromisLamprologini
Ctenochromis horei1Tropheini
CyathopharynxEctodini
CyphotilapiaCyphotilapiini
CyprichromisCyprichromini
EretmodusEretmodini
Gnathochromis pfefferi1Tropheini
HaplotaxodonPerissodini
JulidochromisLamprologini
Lamprologus3Lamprologini
Lepidiolamprologus3Lamprologini
LimnochromisLimnochromini
Microdontochromis2Ectodini
Neolamprologus3Lamprologini
OphthalmotilapiaEctodini
ParacyprichromisCyprichromini
PerissodusPerissodini
PetrochromisTropheini
PlecodusPerissodini
PseudosimochromisTropheini
ReganochromisLimnochromini
SimochromisTropheini
SpathodusEretmodini
TanganicodusEretmodini
TelmatochromisLamprologini
TriglachromisLimnochromini
TropheusTropheini
Variabilichromis3Lamprologini
XenotilapiaEctodini

1The genus names Ctenochromis and Gnathochromis are shared with species belonging to other tribes [10, 38].
2within Xenotilapia [38].
3Current generic assignments of Lamprologus, Neolamprologus, Lepidiolamprologus, and Variabilichromis species may differ from those in earlier publications.