Bathybates

Bathybates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Bathybatini
Genus: Bathybates
Boulenger, 1898
Type species
Bathybates ferox
Boulenger, 1898

Bathybates is a small genus of predatory cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Bathybates in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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