Ctenopharynx

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Ctenopharynx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Ctenopharynx Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
Species
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Ctenopharynx is a small genus of three species of cichlid fish endemic to East Africa. Two species, C. nitidus and C. pictus are endemic to Lake Malawi, while the third species C. intermedius occurs in Lake Malawi and the upper reaches of the Shire river.

[edit] Species

• Ctenopharynx intermedius Günther, 1864
• Ctenopharynx nitidus Trewavas, 1935
• Ctenopharynx pictus Trewavas, 1935

[edit] References

• Ctenopharynx (TSN 648059). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 25 October 2006.