Caprichromis

Caprichromis

Taxobox
name = "Caprichromis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Caprichromis"
genus_authority = Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Caprichromis" is a small genus of cichlid fish which currently contains two species. Both species are endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. Both species of "Caprichromis" are noted paedophagous cichlids specialising in the eating of eggs and fry of other cichlid species. [Konings A (2007) Paedophagy in Malawi cichlids. "Cichlid News" 16: 28-32]

pecies

*"Caprichromis liemi" Mckaye & Mackenzie, 1982
*"Caprichromis orthognathus" Trewavas, 1935

References

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


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