Hypsophrys

Taxobox
name = "Hypsophrys"

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image_caption = "H. nematopus" Breeding (left) and normal colouration (right).
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Hypsophrys"
genus_authority = (Agassiz, 1859)

"Hypsophrys" is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. The genus currently contains 2 species. It originally contained just "H. nicaraguensis" but was revised in 2007 to include the poor man's tropheus, or neet, "H. nematopus", which was formerly described as "Neetroplus nematopus".cite web|url=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1399|title=Convict and Jack Dempsey placed in new genera|accessdate=2008-06-27]

pecies

*Nickie, "Hypsophrys nicaraguensis" Günther, 1864
*Poor man's tropheus, "Hypsophrys nematopus", Günther, 1867

References