Benthochromini

<i>Benthochromis</i>

Benthochromis

Genus of fishes

Benthochromis is a small genus of planktivorous cichlid fish that are endemic to relatively deep waters in Lake Tanganyika in Africa.[1][2]

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Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Benthochromis in FishBase. October 2019 version.
  2. [2]
    Takahashi, T. (2008). "Description of a new cichlid fish species of the genus Benthochromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika". Journal of Fish Biology. 72 (3): 603–613. Bibcode:2008JFBio..72..603T. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01727.x.


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