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Protomelas

释义

Species
References

{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Red Empress Flash Closeup 2852px.jpg
| image_caption = Male red empress (P. taeniolatus)
| taxon = Protomelas
| authority = Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
| type_species = Chromis kirkii
| type_species_authority = Günther, 1894
}}

Protomelas is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. The genus is part of the haplochromine tribe and have maternal mouthbrooding and sexual dimorphism typical of this group. Popular in the aquarium hobby, Protomelas species are sold under a variety of trade names.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Protomelas annectens (Regan, 1922)
Protomelas dejunctus Stauffer, 1993 (fire blue hap)
Protomelas fenestratus (Trewavas, 1935) (fenestratus hap)
Protomelas insignis (Trewavas, 1935) (one-and-a-half-stripe hap)
Protomelas kirkii (Günther, 1894)
Protomelas labridens (Trewavas, 1935)
Protomelas macrodon Eccles, 1989
Protomelas marginatus (Trewavas, 1935)
Protomelas pleurotaenia (Boulenger, 1901)
Protomelas similis (Regan, 1922)
Protomelas spilonotus (Trewavas, 1935)
Protomelas spilopterus (Trewavas, 1935)
Protomelas taeniolatus (Trewavas, 1935) (red empress, spindle hap)
Protomelas triaenodon (Trewavas, 1935)
Protomelas virgatus (Trewavas, 1935)

References

1. ^{{FishBase genus | genus = Protomelas| month = April | year = 2013}}

4 : Haplochromini|Fish of Africa|Cichlid genera|Taxa named by Ethelwynn Trewavas

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