''Ctenochromis'' is a

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 ...

haplochromine __NOTOC__ The haplochromine cichlids are a tribe of cichlids in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae called Haplochromini. This group includes the type genus (''Haplochromis'') plus a number of closely related genera such as '' Aulonocara'', '' Astat ...

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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...

and

Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...

basins in Africa. At present, 5 species are validly described in ''Ctenochromis'': * '' Ctenochromis horei'' ( Günther, 1894) * '' Ctenochromis luluae'' ( Fowler, 1930) * ''

Ctenochromis oligacanthus ''Ctenochromis'' is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to the Lake Tanganyika and Congo River basins in Africa. At present, 5 species are validly described in ''Ctenochromis'': * '' Ctenochromis horei'' ( Günther, 1894) * '' Ctenochrom ...

'' (

Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...

, 1922) * '' Ctenochromis pectoralis'' Pfeffer, 1893 – Pangani Haplo (listed as extinct by the

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, but this appears to be incorrect). * '' Ctenochromis polli'' ( Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964) An undescribed population that appears to be a distinct species is: * ''Ctenochromis'' aff. ''pectoralis''

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