Lethrinops is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, they are known as the sandeaters or sandsifters.

Lethrinops
Lethrinops lethrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Lethrinops Regan, 1922
Type species
Chromis lethrinus Günther, 1894

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Lethrinops albus Regan, 1922
• Lethrinops altus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops argenteus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926
• Lethrinops auritus (Regan, 1922) (golden sand-eater)
• Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931 (greenface sandsifter)
• Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
• Lethrinops leptodon Regan, 1922
• Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther, 1894)
• Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops longipinnis Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1978
• Lethrinops lunaris Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops macracanthus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops macrochir (Regan, 1922)
• Lethrinops macrophthalmus (Boulenger, 1908)
• Lethrinops marginatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926 (Lethrinops rounded head)
• Lethrinops micrentodon (Regan, 1922)
• Lethrinops microdon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
• Lethrinops microstoma Trewavas, 1931 (littletooth sandeater)
• Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1979
• Lethrinops oculatus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops parvidens Trewavas, 1931 (Lethrinops red flush)
• Lethrinops stridei Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
• Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003

References

External links

• Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1977. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 1. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 36. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
• Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1978. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 2. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 37. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
• Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1979. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 3. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 38. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

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