Depth segregation and diet disparity revealed by stable isotope analyses in sympatric herbivorous cichlids in Lake Tanganyika

Table 1 Study species of herbivorous fishes in Lake Tanganyika and their ecomorphs based on feeding habits, territoriality, and the number of samples we collected

Tribe	Species	Abbreviation	Feeding ecomorph	Feeding territory	Number of algal farms	Sampling depth (m)	Number of fish individuals	Reference
Tilapiini	Oreochromis tanganicae	Otan	biter	no	-	-	5	[13,52]
Ectodini	Xenotilapia papilio	Xpap	scooper	breeding pairs only	-	-	5	[13,14]
Eretmodini	Eretmodus cyanostictus	Ecya	scraper	breeding pairs only	5	2.2(1.9-2.4)	5	[53,54]
Lamprologini	Telmatochromis temporalis	Ttem	browser	yes	4	8.1(2.4-19.6)	5	[7,55]
Lamprologini	Telmatochromis vittatus	Tvit	browser	no	-		5	[56]
Lamprologini	Variabilichromis moorii	Vmoo	browser	yes	5	4.6(2.5-6.7)	5	[57]
Tropheini	Interochromis loocki	Iloo	grazer	dominant males only	3	6.8(3.1-13.0)	5	[39]
Tropheini	Pseudosimochromis curvifrons	Pcur	browser	dominant males only	5	1.3(1.0-2.1)	5	[7,20]
Tropheini	Petrochromis famula	Pfam	grazer	dominant males only	-	-	5	[19]
Tropheini	Petrochromis fasciolatus	Pfas	grazer	dominant males only	-	-	5	[58,59]
Tropheini	Petrochromis macrognathus	Pmac	grazer	yes	5	0.3(0.3-0.4)	5	[60]
Tropheini	Petrochromis polyodon	Ppol	grazer	yes	4	3.0(2.5-3.3)	5	[7]
Tropheini	Petrochromis horii	Phor	grazer	yes	3	15.2(15.0-15.7)	4	[61]
Tropheini	Petrochromis trewavasae	Ptre	grazer	yes	6	10.1(6.4-13.7)	5	[7]
Tropheini	Simochromis diagramma	Sdia	browser	no	-	-	5	[7]
Tropheini	Tropheus moorii	Tmoo	browser	yes	3	8.7(6.0-10.5)	5	[7,16,62]
Tropheini	Limnotilapia dardennii	Ldar	browser	no	-	-	5	[10]
non-cichlid	Lamprichthys tanganicanus	Ltan	plankton eater	no	-	-	5	[63]
non-cichlid	mixed of Stolothrissa tanganicae and Limnothrissa miodon	Kape	plankton eater	no	-	-	5	[63]

Sampling depth indicate the depth in which algal farm samples were collected, shown as in average (minimum - maximum).

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