Alticorpus
Genus of fishes
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Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids[1][2][3] endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.
| Alticorpus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 | |
Species
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