Melanochromis

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Melanochromis
Maingano, Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Melanochromis Trewavas, 1935
Species
See text.

Melanochromis is a genus of fish from the family Cichlidae endemic to Lake Malawi. The genus was established by Ethylwynn Trewavas in 1935 and contains 24 species (at present). Melanochromis are typically small, elongate fishes with longitudinal stripes. They are members of the mbuna group of Lake Malawi cichlids. They are very aggressive, particularly amongst conspecifics and similarly patterned heterospecifics.

[edit] Species

• Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897).
• Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis benetos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis brevis (Kullander, 1980).
• Melanochromis chipokae Johnson, 1975.
• Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis dialeptos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis elastodema Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer, 1993.
• Melanochromis interruptus Johnson, 1975.
• Melanochromis joanjohnsonae (Johnson, 1974).
• Melanochromis johannii (Eccles, 1973).
• Melanochromis labrosus Trewavas, 1935.
• Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis loriae Johnson, 1975.
• Melanochromis melanopterus (Trewavas, 1928).
• Melanochromis mellitus Johnson, 1976.
• Melanochromis parallelus Burgess & Axelrod, 1976.
• Melanochromis perileucos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.
• Melanochromis perspicax (Poll, 1943).
• Melanochromis robustus (Kullander, 1986).
• Melanochromis simulans (Regan, 1922).
• Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935.
• Melanochromis xanthodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997.

[edit] References

• "Melanochromis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.