Trematocranus

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Trematocranus
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Trematocranus placodon
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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]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Trematocranus in FishBase . April 2013 version.
  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.