Corematodus
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| Genus: | Corematodus Boulenger, 1897
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| Corematodus shiranus Boulenger, 1897
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Corematodus is a small genus of cichlids native to the Lake Malawi basin in Africa. They feed on scales and fins of other cichlids.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Corematodus shiranus Boulenger, 1897
- Corematodus taeniatus Trewavas, 1935
References
- ^ Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi. ISBN 978-0866225274.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Corematodus". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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