Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”.

Highlights: [•] Phylogenetic analyses of a comprehensive multilocus dataset comprising almost all haplotilapiine cichlid tribes. [•] Enlarged mtDNA (ND2) dataset comprising about 60% of all described Pseudocrenilabrinae genera. [•] A novel classification of “Tilapia” and related lineages defined by putative molecular synapomorphies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]