Etia nguti

Etia nguti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Etiini
Dunz & Schliewen, 2013
Genus: Etia
Schliewen & Stiassny, 2003
Species:
E. nguti
Binomial name
Etia nguti
Schliewen & Stiassny, 2003

Etia nguti is a species of cichlid fish endemic to Cameroon in Central Africa where it is only known from the Nguti River (Ehumbve river), a tributary of the Cross-Manyu River. This species can reach up to 13.3 centimetres (5.2 in) in standard length.[2] It is the only member of its genus and tribe.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Etia nguti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182371A7872025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182371A7872025.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etia nguti". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Schwarzer; Misof; Tautz; and Schliewen (2009). The root of the East African cichlid radiations. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20099:186. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-186
  4. ^ Schwarzer, J. (2011). Cichlids of the lower Congo River ‐ a new model system in speciation research? Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
  5. ^ Dunz; and Schliewen (2013). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as Tilapia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 64-80. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015