Giant cichlid

Giant cichlid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Boulengerochromini
Takahashi, 2003
Genus: Boulengerochromis
Pellegrin, 1904
Species:
B. microlepis
Binomial name
Boulengerochromis microlepis
(Boulenger, 1899)

The giant cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis), also known as the emperor cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae, endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.[2][3] It is the only member of its genus Boulengerochromis and tribe Boulengerochromini.[4]

  1. ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Boulengerochromis microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60475A12359898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60475A12359898.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Boulengerochromis microlepis FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. fishbase.org version (07/2014).
  3. ^ SeriouslyFish: Boulengerochromis microlepis. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. ^ Meyer, Matchiner, Salburger, Britta, Michael, Walter (2015). "A tribal level phylogeny of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes based on a genomic multi-marker approach". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 56–71. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.009. PMC 4334724. PMID 25433288.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)