Alticorpus

Alticorpus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Alticorpus ; Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
Type species
	Alticorpus mentale; Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

Last updated April 14, 2025

Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids ^[1]^[2]^[3] endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.

Species

There are currently five^[1]^[2] or six^[3] recognized species in this genus:

Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004
Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985)
Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
Alticorpus peterdaviesi (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
Alticorpus profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

References

1 2 "Alticorpus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 May 2013.
1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alticorpus". FishBase . April 2013 version.
1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N. (30 April 2013). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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[ITIS-1] 1 2 "Alticorpus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 May 2013.

[FishBase-2] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alticorpus". FishBase . April 2013 version.

[Calacademy-3] 1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N. (30 April 2013). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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