''Haplotaxodon'' is a genus of
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
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
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. ...
in Africa.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Haplotaxodon microlepis''
Boulenger, 1906
* ''
Haplotaxodon trifasciatus''
T. Takahashi & Nakaya, 1999
References
Perissodini
Cichlid genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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