Source evidence class
Peer-reviewed evolutionary phylogeny, not commercial breeding tree
Detailed claim and data boundaries
2010 mtDNA/COI/16S and habitat study analyzed 15 endemic taxa, inferred two independent riverine colonization events; one colonization led to 14 species radiation, while another forms a single-taxon lineage. Do NOT assign individual breeder strain names to daughter clades or reconstruct unsupported tip order.
Interpretation rule
Do not promote habitat sample sizes, species survey detections or older projected IUCN declines into controlled captive breeding outcomes. Use the primary source and its publication/assessment date.
Original sources
- von Rintelen et al. 2010 ancient Malili adaptive radiation
Peer-reviewed mitochondrial phylogeny and substrate counts for 15 endemic taxa; 2010 lake-wide sample; two colonization events, one producing 14 taxa, without a validated chromosome-level or hobby mating tree
- von Rintelen & Cai 2009 systematic revision, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Original taxonomic revision of the ancient-lake Caridina and eight described species; This paper documents field taxa and anatomy; not commercial genetic pedigrees