Mchenga

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Mchenga
Mchenga eucinostomus.jpg
Mchenga eucinostomus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Mchenga
Stauffer & Konings, 2006
Type species
Copadichromis cyclicos
Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993

Mchenga is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are part of a group known as utaka.

Species

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

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mchenga". FishBase . February 2013 version.