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Table 1 List of specimens used in this study and taxonomic information. The tribe names follow the nomenclature of [57,58]. Note that the 'modern haplochromines' are a monophyletic subgroup of the haplochromine cichlids and contain the entire species flocks of Lake Malawi and the Victoria region, the Tanganyikan Tropheini, as well as some riverine and lacustrine haplochromines in East Africa [7]. Species that exhibit egg-dummies on male anal fins (AF) or pelvic fins (PF) are indicated.

From: Adaptive sequence evolution in a color gene involved in the formation of the characteristic egg-dummies of male haplochromine cichlid fishes

   

Egg-spots

Species name

Geographic origin

Tribe/taxonomic information

AF

PF

Altolamprologus calvus

Lake Tanganyika

Lamprologini

  

Astatoreochromis alluaudi

East Africa, Lake Victoria region

Haplochromini

X

 

Astatotilapia burtoni

Lake Tanganyika area

Haplochromini/'modern haplochromines'

X

 

Bathybates minor

Lake Tanganyika

Bathybatini

  

Cyrtocara moorii

Lake Malawi

Haplochromini/'modern haplochromines'

*

 

Haplochromis bloyeti

East Africa, rivers

Haplochromini/'modern haplochromines'

X

 

Haplochromis obliquidens

Lake Victoria

Haplochromini/'modern haplochromines'

X

 

Lamprologus teugelsi

Congo River

Lamprologini

  

Limnochromis auritus

Lake Tanganyika

Limnochromini

  

Ophthalmotilapia ventralis

Lake Tanganyika

Ectodini

 

X

Oreochromis tanganicae

Lake Tanganyika

Tilapiini

  

Plecodus straeleni

Lake Tanganyika

Perissodini

  

Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor

East Africa, rivers and lakes

Haplochromini

X

 

Telmatochromis bifrenatus

Lake Tanganyika

Lamprologini

  

Pseudotrophus sp. 'bicolor'

Lake Malawi

Haplochromini/'modern haplochromines'

X

 

Thoracochromis brauschi

Congo River

Haplochromini/CSA clade**

X

 

Trematocara unimaculatum

Lake Tanganyika

Trematocarini

  

Xenotilapia spiloptera

Lake Tanganyika

Ectodini

  

Xystichromis phytophagus

Lake Kanyaboli, Lake Victoria

Haplochromini/'modern haplochromines'

X

 
  1. *This species from Lake Malawi is a haplochromine representative lacking anal fin egg-spots.
  2. **CSA clade, Congolese/South African clade (according to [7]).