Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Cichliformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Oreochromini
Genus: Alcolapia
Species: Alcolapia grahami
Name
Alcolapia grahami (Boulenger, 1912)
- Lectotype: BMNH 1911.1.26.6.
- Lectotype designated by Seegers & Tichy, 1999
- Paralectotypes: BMNH 1911.1.26.7-10 (4).
Type locality: Lake Magadi, hot soda lake in bottom of Rift Valley, Kenya, elevation 1980 feet.
Synonyms
- Tilapia grahami Boulenger, 1912
- Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (Boulenger, 1912) -- Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
- Oreochromis grahami (Boulenger, 1912) -- Seegers & Tichy, 1999
References
- Bergman, A.N. et al. 2003: Physiological adaptations of the gut in the Lake Magadi tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, an alkaline- and saline-adapted teleost fish. Comparative biochemistry and physiology (A), 136: 701–715. DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00223-X
- Boulenger, G. A., 1912: Description of a new fish from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 8) 9 (53): 519–521. BHL Reference page.
- Kavembe, G. D., Kautt, A. F., Machado-Schiaffino, G. & Meyer, A., 2015: Eco-morphological differentiation in Lake Magadi tilapia, an extremophile cichlid fish living in hot, alkaline and hypersaline lakes in East Africa. Molecular Ecology, Accepted Author Manuscript. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13461 Reference page.
- Kavembe, G. D., Franchini, P., Irisarri, I., Machado-Schiaffino, G. & Meyer, A., 2015: Genomics of Adaptation to Multiple Concurrent Stresses: Insights from Comparative Transcriptomics of a Cichlid Fish from One of Earth’s Most Extreme Environments, the Hypersaline Soda Lake Magadi in Kenya, East Africa. Journal of Molecular Evolution 81: 90–109. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-015-9696-6
- Seegers, L. & Tichy, H. 1999. The Oreochromis alcalicus flock (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from lakes Natron and Magadi, Tanzania, and Kenya, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 10(2): 97–146. Reference page.