Ptychochrominae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Ptychochrominae
Genera (5): Katria - Oxylapia - Paratilapia - Ptychochromis - Ptychochromoides

Name

Ptychochrominae Sparks & Smith, 2004
References
Primary references

Sparks, J.S. & Smith, W.L. 2004: Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). Cladistics, 20 (6): 501–517. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00038.x

Additional references

Sparks, J.S. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2010: A new species of Ptychochromis from northeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with an updated phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the genus. Zootaxa, 2341: 33–51. Abstract & excerpt

Vernacular names
English: Madagascar Cichlids

The Ptychochrominae are a subfamily in the cichlid family of fish. It includes about 14 species. They are restricted to lakes and rivers in Madagascar, and the majority are threatened. Most cichlid genera native to Madagascar are included in this subfamily; the only exceptions are Paretroplus (subfamily Etroplinae) and Paratilapia (sometimes included in the Ptychochrominae, but likely belongs in its own subfamily).[1][2]
Genera

The following genera are included in the subfamily Ptychochrominae:[3]

Katria Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Oxylapia Kiener & Maugé, 1966
Paratilapia Bleeker, 1868
Ptychochromis Steindachner, 1880
Ptychochromoides Kiener & Maugé, 1966

References

John S. Sparks (2004). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and South Asian cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30 (3): 599–614. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00225-2. PMID 15012941. Abstract
John S. Sparks & William Leo Smith (2004). "Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Cladistics. 20 (6): 501–517. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.595.2118. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00038.x. Abstract
Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Ptychochrominae Sparks, 2004". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.