Mchenga
Appearance
Mchenga | |
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Mchenga eucinostomus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Haplochromini |
Genus: | Mchenga Stauffer & Konings, 2006 |
Type species | |
Copadichromis cyclicos Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993
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Mchenga is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are part of a group known as utaka.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Mchenga conophoros (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
- Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
- Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
- Mchenga flavimanus (Iles, 1960)
- Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908)
- Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mchenga in FishBase. February 2013 version.