Labidochromis

Labidochromis
	Labidochromis sp. "Hongi Island"
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Labidochromis; Trewavas, 1935
Type species
	Labidochromis vellicans; Trewavas, 1935

Labidochromis is a genus of cichlid fishes that are endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. The genus includes 18 formally described species, and several yet undescribed species. It includes a number of species commonly kept in cichlid aquariums such as L. caeruleus (electric yellow). The species in this genus can easily hybridize, so if kept in an aquarium it is recommended to only have one species from this genus.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Labidochromis caeruleus Fryer, 1956 (Blue streak hap)
Labidochromis chisumulae D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis flavigulis D. S. C. Lewis, 1982 (Chisumulu pearl)
Labidochromis freibergi D. S. Johnson, 1974
Labidochromis gigas D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis heterodon D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis ianthinus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis joanjohnsonae D. S. Johnson, 1974 ^[2]
Labidochromis lividus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis maculicauda D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis mathotho W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1976
Labidochromis mbenjii D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis mylodon D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis pallidus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis shiranus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis strigatus D. S. C. Lewis, 1982
Labidochromis textilis M. K. Oliver, 1975
Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935
Labidochromis zebroides D. S. C. Lewis, 1982

There is also one potentially undescribed species:

Labidochromis sp. Hongi

References

^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Labidochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
^ Malaŵi Cichlids in their natural habitat (5 ed.). Cichlid Press. 2016. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-932892-23-9. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Labidochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[Konings2016-2] Malaŵi Cichlids in their natural habitat (5 ed.). Cichlid Press. 2016. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-932892-23-9. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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