Diet disparity among sympatric herbivorous cichlids in the same ecomorphs in Lake Tanganyika: amplicon pyrosequences on algal farms and stomach contents

Table 1 Herbivorous cichlids in Lake Tanganyika and their ecomorphs, territoriality and the number of samples

Tribe	Species	Abbreviation	Feeding ecomorph	Feeding territory	Number of algal farms	Sampling depth (m)	Number of stomach contents	References
Tilapiini	Oreochromis tanganicae	Otan	biter	no	-		4(1)	[4],[38],[39]
Ectodini	Xenotilapia papilio	Xpap	scooper	breeding pairs only	5 (4)	7.9 (5.3 to 11.4)	4(3)	[39],[40]
Eretmodini	Eretmodus cyanostictus	Ecya	scraper	breeding pairs only	5 (5)	2.2 (1.9 to 2.4)	6(2)	[41],[42]
Lamprologini	Telmatochromis temporalis	Ttem	browser	yes	5 (3)	8.1 (2.4 to 19.6)	5(1)	[10],[43]
Lamprologini	Telmatochromis vittatus	Tvit	browser	no	-		5(3)	[44]
Lamprologini	Variabilichromis moorii	Vmoo	browser	yes	5 (5)	4.6 (2.5 to 6.7)	6(4)	[45]
Tropheini	Interochromis loocki	Iloo	grazer	dominant males only	5 (5)	6.8 (3.1 to 13.0)	5(1)	[46]
Tropheini	Pseudosimochromis curvifrons	Pcur	browser	dominant males only	5 (5)	1.3 (1.0 to 2.1)	3(2)	[10],[24]
Tropheini	Petrochromis famula	Pfam	grazer	dominant males only	-		1(0)	[26]
Tropheini	Petrochromis fasciolatus	Pfas	grazer	dominant males only	-		5(3)	[26]-[28]
Tropheini	Petrochromis macrognathus	Pmac	grazer	yes	5 (5)	0.3 (0.3 to 0.4)	4(1)	[30]
Tropheini	Petrochromis polyodon	Ppol	grazer	yes	5 (5)	3.0 (2.5 to 3.3)	5(1)	[10]
Tropheini	Petrochromis horii	Phor	grazer	yes	5 (4)	15.2 (15.0 to 15.7)	5(2)	[47]
Tropheini	Petrochromis trewavasae	Ptre	grazer	yes	5 (5)	10.1 (6.4 to 13.7)	5(3)	[10]
Tropheini	Simochromis diagramma	Sdia	browser	no	-		5(0)	[10]
Tropheini	Tropheus moorii	Tmoo	browser	yes	5 (5)	8.7 (6.0 to 10.5)	5(1)	[10],[19],[25]
-	Algal assemblages outside cichlid territories	Out	-	-	13 (9)	13.7 (3.2 to 27.5)	-

Numbers in parentheses are the numbers of samples with more than 40 reads of phototrophic OTUs, which were used in subsequent analyses. Sampling depths indicate the depths at which algal farm samples were collected, shown as averages (minimum-maximum). OTUs, operational taxonomic units.

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