First Attempt to Design Evolution of Neotropical Cichlids of Tribe Cichlosomatini (Perciformes: Cichlidae) Using the Characters from the Ontogeny of Melanistic Color Pattern

Abstract

The ontogeny of the melanistic color pattern has been studied with focusing on the using it for pgylogenetical patterns designing

Keywords

• evolution
• ontogeny of the melanistic color pattern
• tribe Cichlosomatini
• Perciformes: Cichlidae