Trematocranus

Trematocranus
Trematocranus placodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Trematocranus Trewavas, 1935
Type species
Trematocranus microstoma Trewavas, 1935

Trematocranus is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus, ^[1] with a new species described in 2018. ^[2]

• Trematocranus brevirostris Trewavas, 1935 ( Incertae sedis )
• Trematocranus labifer (Trewavas, 1935)
• Trematocranus microstoma Trewavas, 1935 (Pointedhead Haplo)
• Trematocranus pachychilus Dierickx, Hanssens, Rusuwa, Snoeks, 2018
• Trematocranus placodon (Regan, 1922)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Trematocranus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
2. Dierickx, K.; Hanssens, M.; Rusuwa, B.; Snoeks, J. (14 March 2018). "Trematocranus pachychilus, a new endemic cichlid from Lake Malawi". ZooKeys (743): 153–166. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.743.22814 . PMC   5904553 . PMID   29670440 . Retrieved 3 April 2018.