Cyprichromis
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| C. leptosoma | |
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Cyprichromis
Scheuermann, 1977
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| Paratilapia leptosoma Boulenger, 1898
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Cyprichromis is a genus of cichlids with five species. They are also known as the herring cichlids or sardine cichlids since they form large schools in the open water of Lake Tanganyika. Of the known species, only C. microlepidotus has been recorded outside Lake Tanganyika (in eastern Tanzania).
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Cyprichromis coloratus T. Takahashi & M. Hori, 2006
- Cyprichromis leptosoma (Boulenger, 1898)
- Cyprichromis microlepidotus (Poll, 1956)
- Cyprichromis pavo Büscher, 1994
- Cyprichromis zonatus T. Takahashi, M. Hori & Nakaya, 2002
References
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cyprichromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
