Danakilia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tribe: | Tilapiini |
Genus: |
Danakilia Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 |
Type species | |
Tilapia franchettii Vinciguerra, 1931 |
Danakilia is a genus of cichlids native to northeastern Africa where they are only known from saline lakes in the Danakil Depression of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
There are currently two recognized species in this genus: