''Corematodus'' is a small
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
haplochromine cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...
s native to the
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
It is the fifth largest fre ...
basin in Africa. They
feed on scales and fins of other cichlids.
[ Konings, Ad (1990). ''Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi.'' .]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Corematodus shiranus
''Corematodus shiranus'' is a species of haplochromine cichlid fish native to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper reaches of the Shire River in East Africa. It is an aggressive mimic of the chambo cichlids (''Nyasalapia'', a subgenus of ''O ...
''
Boulenger, 1897
* ''
Corematodus taeniatus''
Trewavas, 1935
References
Haplochromini
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Cichlid genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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