Pyxichromis
Genus of fishes
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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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Pyxichromis Greenwood, 1980 |
| Type species | |
| Haplochromis parorthostoma Greenwood, 1967 | |
Species
It contains the following species:[2]
- Pyxichromis orthostoma (Regan, 1922)
- Pyxichromis paradoxus (Lippitsch & Kaufman, 2003)
- Pyxichromis parorthostoma (Greenwood, 1967)
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