Mchenga
Mchenga is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are part of a group known as utaka.
| Mchenga | |
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| Mchenga eucinostomus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Mchenga conophoros (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
- Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
- Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
- Mchenga flavimanus (Iles, 1960)
- Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908)
- Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mchenga in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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