Alcolapia grahami

Alcolapia grahami

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

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: 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. 2016 (Online 2015). Eco-morphological differentiation in Lake Magadi tilapia, an extremophile cichlid fish living in hot, alkaline and hypersaline lakes in East Africa. Molecular Ecology 25(7): 1610–1625. 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.