Otopharynx
Otopharynx is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.
Otopharynx | |
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O. tetraspilus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Otopharynx Regan, 1920 |
Type species | |
Tilapia auromarginata Boulenger, 1908 |
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Otopharynx antron Cleaver, Konings & Stauffer, 2009
- Otopharynx argyrosoma (Regan, 1922)
- Otopharynx auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908) (Golden-margined hap)
- Otopharynx brooksi M. K. Oliver, 1989
- Otopharynx decorus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Otopharynx heterodon (Trewavas, 1935) (Royal blue hap)
- Otopharynx lithobates M. K. Oliver, 1989
- Otopharynx ovatus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Otopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001
- Otopharynx selenurus Regan, 1922
- Otopharynx speciosus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Otopharynx spelaeotes Cleaver, Konings & Stauffer, 2009
- Otopharynx tetraspilus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Otopharynx tetrastigma (Günther, 1894)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Otopharynx in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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