Chetia

Chetia
Chetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Chetia
Trewavas, 1961

Chetia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to riverine habitats in Africa.

The genus currently contains six species:[1]

  • Chetia brevicauda Bills & Weyl, 2002
  • Chetia brevisOrange-fringed Largemouth
  • Chetia flaviventris Trewavas, 1961 – Canary Kurper
  • Chetia gracilis (Greenwood, 1984) – Slender Happy
  • Chetia mola Balon & Stewart, 1983
  • Chetia welwitschi (Boulenger, 1898) – Angolan Happy

Footnotes

  1. ^ FishBase [2009]

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