Alticorpus
Alticorpus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 |
Type species | |
Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 |
Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids[1][2][3] endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.
Species
[edit]There are currently five[1][2] or six[3] recognized species in this genus:
- Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004
- Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985)
- Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
- Alticorpus peterdaviesi (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
- Alticorpus profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alticorpus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alticorpus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, W. N. (30 April 2013). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2013.