Ctenochromis

Ctenochromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Ctenochromis
Pfeffer, 1893
Synonyms

Trematochromis Poll, 1987 (but see text)

Ctenochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to the Lake Tanganyika and Congo River basins in Africa.

At present, 6 species are validly described in Ctenochromis:[1]

An undescribed population that appears to be a distinct species is:

Footnotes

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Ctenochromis in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ctenochromis pectoralis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

References

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