Gnathochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in East Africa.
Gnathochromis | |
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G. permaxillaris | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Limnochromini |
Genus: | Gnathochromis Poll, 1981 |
Type species | |
Limnochromis permaxillaris L. R. David, 1936 |
The two species are distantly related (G. permaxillaris close to other limnochromines; G. pfefferi close to the tropheines) and as presently defined Gnathochromis is polyphyletic.[1]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
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