Mylochromis
Appearance
Mylochromis | |
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Mylochromis melanonotus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Mylochromis Regan, 1920 |
Type species | |
Chromis lateristriga Günther, 1864
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Mylochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.
Species
[edit]There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Mylochromis anaphyrmus (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
- Mylochromis balteatus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis chekopae G. F. Turner & Howarth, 2001
- Mylochromis ensatus G. F. Turner & Howarth, 2001
- Mylochromis epichorialis (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis ericotaenia (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis formosus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis gracilis (Trewavas, 1935) (Torpedostripe Haplochromis)
- Mylochromis guentheri (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis incola (Trewavas, 1935) (Golden Mola Hap)
- Mylochromis labidodon (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther, 1864) (Basket Hap)
- Mylochromis melanonotus (Regan, 1922) (Yellow Black Line Hap)
- Mylochromis melanotaenia (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis mola (Trewavas, 1935) (Mola Hap)
- Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935) (Softy hap)
- Mylochromis obtusus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis plagiotaenia (Regan, 1922)
- Mylochromis semipalatus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Mylochromis sphaerodon (Regan, 1922) (Roundtooth Hap)
- Mylochromis spilostichus (Trewavas, 1935)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mylochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.