Pallidochromis tokolosh | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Pallidochromis Turner, 1994 |
Species: | P. tokolosh |
Binomial name | |
Pallidochromis tokolosh Turner, 1994 |
Pallidochromis is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cichlidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Pallidochromis tokolosh
It was first recognized as a species likely to belong to a new genus of cichlid in 1991 by Mark Smith, and was formally described by Turner in 1994, who created a new genus name for this cichlid.
This fish is endemic to the deep water of Lake Malawi.