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Tyrannochromis

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Genus of fishes

Tyrannochromis

Tyrannochromis macrostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Tyrannochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
Type species
Haplochromis macrostoma Regan, 1922

Tyrannochromis is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

Tyrannochromis macrostoma (Regan, 1922)
Tyrannochromis maculiceps (C. G. E. Ahl, 1926)
Tyrannochromis nigriventer Eccles, 1989
Tyrannochromis polyodon (Trewavas, 1935)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tyrannochromis". FishBase. April 2013 version.

Taxon identifiers
Tyrannochromis	Wikidata: Q2702354 Wikispecies: Tyrannochromis CoL: 84CB EoL: 26309 GBIF: 2372681 iNaturalist: 92722 IRMNG: 1043620 ITIS: 648165 NCBI: 40197 Open Tree of Life: 406432 WoRMS: 271184

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