| Orthochromis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Orthochromis Greenwood, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| Haplochromis malagaraziensis David, 1937 | |
Orthochromis is a genus of relatively small haplochromine cichlids native to rivers and lakes in Eastern and Middle Africa. Most of its species are rheophilic.
As presently defined Orthochromis is polyphyletic. Some Orthochromis species were formerly included in Schwetzochromis.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
- Orthochromis kalungwishiensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)
- Orthochromis kasuluensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998
- Orthochromis luichensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998
- Orthochromis luongoensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)
- Orthochromis machadoi (Poll, 1967) (Kunene Dwarf Happy)
- Orthochromis malagaraziensis (David, 1937)
- Orthochromis mazimeroensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998
- Orthochromis mosoensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998
- Orthochromis polyacanthus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Orthochromis rubrolabialis De Vos & Seegers, 1998
- Orthochromis rugufuensis De Vos & Seegers, 1998
- Orthochromis stormsi (Boulenger, 1902)
- Orthochromis torrenticola (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1963)
- Orthochromis uvinzae De Vos & Seegers, 1998
References
- C.Michael Hogan. 2012. Kunene River. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.
- ^ De Vos, L.; and L. Seegers (1998). Seven new Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Malagarasi, Luiche and Rugufu basins (Lake Tanganyika drainage), with notes on their reproductive biology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 9: 371—420.
- Schwarzer; Swartz; Vreven; Snoeks; Cotterill; Misof; and Schliewen (2012). Repeated trans-watershed hybridization among haplochromine cichlids (Cichlidae) was triggered by Neogene landscape evolution. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 4389—4398. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1667
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Orthochromis". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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