Pundamilia
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| Pundamilia | |
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| Pundamilia pundamilia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Pundamilia Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Pundamilia pundamilia Seehausen & Bouton, 1998 | |
Pundamilia is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to East Africa, primarily in Lake Victoria. FishBase includes them in Haplochromis.[1] The generic epithet comes from Swahili punda milia ("zebra") after their striped appearance.[2]
At present, five species are placed here:[3]
- Pundamilia azurea Seehausen and Lippisch, 1998
- Pundamilia igneopinis Seehausen & Lippitsch 1998
- Pundamilia macrocephala Seehausen & Bouton 1998
- Pundamilia nyererei (Witte-Maas & F. Witte, 1985)
- Pundamilia pundamilia Seehausen & Bouton 1998
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