Pyxichromis

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.

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

Species

It contains the following species:[2]

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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Haplochromis Species of 'Haplochromis' in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Pyxichromis species". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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