Gnathochromis

Taxobox
name = "Gnathochromis"

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image_caption = "Gnathochromis permaxillaris"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Gnathochromis"
genus_authority = Poll, 1981
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text."

"Gnathochromis" is a small genus of sand sifting cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in east Africa. The genus has only two described species.

pecies

*"Gnathochromis permaxillaris" (David, 1936).
*"Gnathochromis pfefferi" (Boulenger, 1898).

References

FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.fishbase.org fishbase.org] version (07/2006).