Pyxichromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids. The species in this genus are currently included in Haplochromis by FishBase.[1] Each species is endemic to a different Rift Valley lake in East Africa.
Pyxichromis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Pyxichromis Greenwood, 1980 |
Type species | |
Haplochromis parorthostoma Greenwood, 1967 |
It contains the following species:[2]
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