Hemibates
Hemibates is a genus of cichlid from the tribe Bathybatini of the subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae. They are endemic to Lake Tanganyika. They are piscivorous. The genus was considered to be monospecific until the description of Hemibates koningsi in 2017.
| Hemibates | |
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| Hemibates stenosoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Bathybatini |
| Genus: | Hemibates Regan, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Paratilapia stenosoma Boulenger, 1901 | |
Species
- Hemibates koningsi Schedel & Schliewen, 2017[1]
- Hemibates stenosoma (Boulenger, 1901)[2]
References
- Frederik Dieter Benedikt Schedel & Ulrich Kurt Schiewen (2017). "Hemibates koningsi spec. nov: a new deep-water cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Zootaxa. 4312 (1).
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Hemibates stenosoma" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
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