Diplotaxodon

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iDiplotaxodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Diplotaxodon
Trewavas, 1935
Species
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Diplotaxodon is a small genus of seven deep-water species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa.

[edit] Species

  • Diplotaxodon aeneus Turner & Stauffer, 1998
  • Diplotaxodon apogon Turner & Stauffer, 1998
  • Diplotaxodon argenteus Trewavas, 1935
  • Diplotaxodon ecclesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973
  • Diplotaxodon greenwoodi Stauffer & McKaye, 1986
  • Diplotaxodon limnothrissa Turner, 1994
  • Diplotaxodon macrops Turner & Stauffer, 1998

[edit] References

FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).