New habitat and range extension of the Iranian cichlid endemic fish (Iranocichla hormuzensis) from the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea basin, Iran

10.22092/ijfs.2021.124786

Abstract

Cichlids fishes are the second largest Perciformes order (IUCN, 2018), which the actual number of species is unknown, with estimates varying between 2500 - 3000, but at least 1650 species have been scientifically described (CITES, 2017; IUCN, 2020). Also, cichlids have the largest number of endangered species among fihs families, most in the Haplochromine group (Nelson et al., 2018). The Haplochromine cichlids are tribe of cichilds in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae which are endemic to Africa (Nagl et al., 2000).  

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