| Threespot Torpedo | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Exochochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 |
| Species: | E. anagenys |
| Binomial name | |
| Exochochromis anagenys Oliver, 1989 |
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Exochochromis anagenys is a cichlid fish in the monotypic genus Exochochromis. This species is commonly known (particularly as an aquarium fish) as the Threespot Torpedo.
It is endemic to the southeast Lake Malawi of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania in East Africa. Notably, it is found at Thumbi West Island.
FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).