Embryonic and larval development in the Midas cichlid fish species flock (Amphilophus spp.): a new evo-devo model for the investigation of adaptive novelties and species differences

Table 1 Summary of discovered Midas cichlid species

Species	Described by	Endemic to lake	Coloration	Body shape	Lip shape	Genome availability
A. citrinellus	Günther, 1864 [9]	-	normal or gold	benthic	non-hypertrophic^# or hypertrophic*	high quality (draft genome in [6])
A. labiatus	Günther, 1864 [8]	-	normal or gold	limnetic	hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. zaliosus	Barlow & Munsey 1976 [10]	Apoyo	normal	limnetic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. astorquii	Staufer et al., 2008 [12]	Apoyo	normal	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. chancho	Staufer et al., 2008 [12]	Apoyo	normal	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. flaveolus	Staufer et al., 2008 [12]	Apoyo	normal	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. globosus	Geiger et al., 2010 [11]	Apoyo	normal	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. supercilius	Geiger et al., 2010 [11]	Apoyo	normal	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. amarillo	Staufer et al., 2002 [13]	Xiloá	normal (gold rare or absent)	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. sagittae	Staufer et al., 2002 [13]	Xiloá	normal or gold	limnetic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. xiloaensis	Staufer et al., 2002 [13]	Xiloá	normal or gold	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. viridis	Recknagel et al. 2013 [14]	Xiloá	normal	benthic	non-hypertrophic	low coverage [6]
A. tolteca	Recknagel et al. 2013 [14]	Asososca Managua	normal or gold	benthic or limnetic	non-hypertrophic	-

The 13 species of the Midas cichlid species complex listed with their range, a selection of their observed phenotypic variations (coloration, body and lip shape) and availability of a sequenced genome (^#Lake Managua and Nicaragua, *crater lakes).

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