New haplochromine cichlid from the upper Miocene (9–10 MYA) of Central Kenya

Abstract Background The diversification process known as the Lake Tanganyika Radiation has given rise to the most speciose clade of African cichlids. Almost all cichlid species found in the lakes Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria, comprising a total of 12–16 tribes, belong to this clade. Strikingly, a...

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Main Authors: Melanie Altner, Bernhard Ruthensteiner, Bettina Reichenbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01602-x