''Trematocranus'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
haplochromine
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The haplochromine cichlids are a tribe of cichlids in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae called Haplochromini. This group includes the type genus ''Haplochromis'' plus a number of closely related genera such as '' Aulonocara'', '' Astatotila ...
cichlid
Cichlids ()
are a large, diverse, and widespread family of percomorph fish in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes. At least 1,760 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families, with on ...
s
endemic
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to
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, () is an African Great Lakes, African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
It is ...
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Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:, with a new species described in 2018.
* ''
Trematocranus labifer''
( Trewavas, 1935)
* ''
Trematocranus microstoma''
Trewavas, 1935 (Pointedhead Haplo)
* ''
Trematocranus pachychilus''
Dierickx, Hanssens, Rusuwa, Snoeks, 2018
* ''
Trematocranus placodon''
( Regan, 1922)
References
Haplochromini
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Cichlid genera
Taxa named by Ethelwynn Trewavas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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