Pyxichromis

Pyxichromis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Pyxichromis ; Greenwood, 1980
Type species
	Haplochromis parorthostoma; Greenwood, 1967

Last updated April 14, 2025

Pyxichromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids. The species in this genus are currently included in Haplochromis by FishBase.^[1] Each species is endemic to a different Rift Valley lake in East Africa.

Species

It contains the following species:^[2]

Pyxichromis orthostoma (Regan, 1922)
Pyxichromis paradoxus (Lippitsch & Kaufman, 2003)
Pyxichromis parorthostoma (Greenwood, 1967)

References

↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Haplochromis "Species in genus 'Haplochromis'". FishBase . October 2018 version.
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pyxichromis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Haplochromis "Species in genus 'Haplochromis'". FishBase . October 2018 version.

[CoF-2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pyxichromis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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