Mastacembelid eels support Lake Tanganyika as an evolutionary hotspot of diversification |
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| Authors: | Katherine J Brown Lukas Rüber Roger Bills Julia J Day |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, University College London, Wolfson House, 4, Stephenson Way, NW1 2HE, London, UK;(2) Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK;(3) South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Background Lake Tanganyika (LT) is the oldest of the African Rift Lakes and is one of the richest freshwater ecosystems on Earth, with
high levels of faunal diversity and endemism. The endemic species flocks that occur in this lake, such as cichlid fishes,
gastropods, catfish and crabs, provide unique comparative systems for the study of patterns and processes of speciation. Mastacembelid
eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) are a predominately riverine family of freshwater fish, occurring across Africa and Asia,
but which also form a small species flock in LT. |
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