Pseudocrenilabrus

Pseudocrenilabrus
Male P. multicolor courting a female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Pseudocrenilabrus
Fowler, 1934
Type species
Pseudocrenilabrus natalensis
Fowler, 1934

Pseudocrenilabrus is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids that are endemic to rivers and lakes in Central and Eastern Africa. These are small cichlids that, as suggested by the common names of the individual species, are mouthbrooders.

Species

At present, only three species are placed here, but two of these are divided into subspecies:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Pseudocrenilabrus in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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