Tropheops
Tropheops is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.
| Tropheops | |
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| 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]
- Tropheops biriwira Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
- Tropheops gracilior (Trewavas, 1935)
- Tropheops kamtambo Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
- Tropheops kumwera Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
- Tropheops lucerna Trewavas, 1935
- Tropheops macrophthalmus (C. G. E. Ahl, 1926)
- Tropheops microstoma (Trewavas, 1935)
- Tropheops modestus (D. S. Johnson, 1974)
- Tropheops novemfasciatus (Regan, 1922)
- Tropheops romandi (Colombé, 1979)
- Tropheops tropheops (Regan, 1922)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Tropheops in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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