''Tropheops'' is a
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
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
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
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 ...
.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Tropheops biriwira
''Tropheops'' is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Tropheops biriwira'' Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
* '' Tropheops gracilior'' ( Trewavas, 1935)
* '' Tropheops kam ...
''
Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
* ''
Tropheops gracilior''
( Trewavas, 1935)
* ''
Tropheops kamtambo''
Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
* ''
Tropheops kumwera
''Tropheops'' is a genus of cichlids endemism, endemic to Lake Malawi.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Tropheops biriwira'' Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
* ''Tropheops gracilior'' (Ethelwynn Trewavas, Trewava ...
''
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)
References
Haplochromini
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Freshwater fish genera
Cichlid genera
Taxa named by Ethelwynn Trewavas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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