Orthochromis

Orthochromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Orthochromis Greenwood, 1954

Orthochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to East Africa.

At present, 14 species are placed here:^[1]

• Orthochromis kalungwishiensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)
• Orthochromis kasuluensis
• Orthochromis luichensis
• Orthochromis luongoensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)
• Orthochromis machadoi (Poll, 1967) – Cunene Dwarf Happy
• Orthochromis malagaraziensis
• Orthochromis mazimeroensis
• Orthochromis mosoensis
• Orthochromis polyacanthus (Boulenger, 1899)
• Orthochromis rubrolabialis
• Orthochromis rugufuensis
• Orthochromis stormsi (Boulenger, 1902)
• Orthochromis torrenticola (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1963)
• Orthochromis uvinzae

Several of them were formerly in the now-monotypic Schwetzochromis.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^ FishBase [2009a]
2. ^ FishBase [2009b]

References

• FishBase [2009a]: Orthochromis species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-03.
• FishBase [2009b]: Schwetzochromis taxon list. Retrieved 2009-OCT-03.

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