Orthochromis

Orthochromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Orthochromis
Greenwood, 1954
Type species
Haplochromis malagaraziensis
David, 1937

Orthochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids native to the rivers of West, Central, Southern, and Eastern Africa.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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