Mchenga is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are part of a group known as utaka.
Mchenga | |
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Mchenga eucinostomus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Mchenga Stauffer & Konings, 2006 |
Type species | |
Copadichromis cyclicos Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993 |
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
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