Benthochromis

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Benthochromis
Benthochromis tricoti
Benthochromis tricoti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Benthochromis
Poll, 1986
Species

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Benthochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa. The genus has only two described species.

[edit] Species

  • Benthochromis tricoti (Poll, 1948).
  • Benthochromis melanoides (Poll, 1984).

[edit] References

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

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