Rhamphochromis
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| Rhamphochromis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Rhamphochromis Regan, 1922 |
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Rhamphochromis is a genus of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.[1] The genus contains numerous species all of which are latterally compressed pursuit predators.[2]
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- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. "Rhamphochromis genus summary". FishBase. http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Rhamphochromis. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
- ^ Oliver MK (1999) Rhamphochromis esox The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi
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