Stigmatochromis
Appearance
Stigmatochromis | |
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Stigmatochromis woodi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Stigmatochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 |
Type species | |
Haplochromis woodi Regan, 1922
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Stigmatochromis is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids that are endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Stigmatochromis macrorhynchos Stauffer, Cleaver-Yoder & Konings, 2011
- Stigmatochromis melanchros Stauffer, Cleaver-Yoder & Konings, 2011
- Stigmatochromis modestus (Günther, 1894)
- Stigmatochromis pholidophorus (Trewavas, 1935) (Candle Hap)
- Stigmatochromis pleurospilus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Stigmatochromis woodi (Regan, 1922)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Stigmatochromis in FishBase. April 2013 version.