Tropheops

Tropheops is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.

Tropheops
Tropheops spp. mouth brooding female, Thumbi West Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Tropheops
Trewavas, 1984
Type species
Pseudotropheus tropheops
Regan, 1922

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

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References

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


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