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Lithochromis

Lithochromis is a genus of fish in the Cichlidae family. This genus was formerly included within Haplochromis. It was recognized again upon a comprehensive review of that genus.

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Lithochromis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Lithochromis
Lippitsch & Seehausen in Seehausen et al., 1998
Type species
Lithochromis rubripinnis
Seehausen, Lippitsch & Bouton, 1998

Lithochromis is a genus of fish in the Cichlidae family.12 This genus was formerly included within Haplochromis. It was recognized again upon a comprehensive review of that genus.

It contains the following species:3

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