''Eretmodus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
cichlid
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s endemic to
Lake Tanganyika
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in
East Africa
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Due to the histori ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Eretmodus cyanostictus''
Boulenger, 1898 (Tanganyika Clown)
* ''
Eretmodus marksmithi''
W. E. Burgess, 2012
References
Eretmodini
Fish of Africa
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Cichlid genera
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