Biology:Pyxichromis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pyxichromis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Pyxichromis
Greenwood, 1980
Type species
Haplochromis parorthostoma
Greenwood, 1967

Pyxichromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids. The species in this genus are currently included in Haplochromis by FishBase.[1] Each species is endemic to a different Rift Valley lake in East Africa.

Species

It contains the following species:[2]

  • Pyxichromis orthostoma (Regan, 1922)
  • Pyxichromis paradoxus (Lippitsch & Kaufman, 2003)
  • Pyxichromis parorthostoma (Greenwood, 1967)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2704278 entry