Nyassachromis

Nyassachromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Nyassachromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989

Nyassachromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to East Africa. They are open-water mouthbrooders, an ecological niche known as utaka to locals.

At present, 8 species are placed here:^[1]

• Nyassachromis boadzulu (Iles, 1960)
• Nyassachromis breviceps
• Nyassachromis leuciscus – Small Green Utaka
• Nyassachromis microcephalus
• Nyassachromis nigritaeniatus
• Nyassachromis prostoma (Trewavas, 1935)
• Nyassachromis purpurans
• Nyassachromis serenus

Footnotes

1. ^ FishBase [2009]

References

• FishBase [2009]: Nyassachromis species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-03.

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