''Plecodus'' is a genus of

cichlids Cichlids are fish from the family (biology), 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 c ...

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 ...

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. They feed on scales.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Plecodus elaviae''

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, 1949 * '' Plecodus multidentatus''

, 1952 * '' Plecodus paradoxus'' Boulenger, 1898 * ''

Plecodus straeleni ''Plecodus straeleni'' is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. This species can reach a total length of . Like all species of ''Plecodus'', this fish is a scale-eater. Unlike other members of its genus, i ...

, 1948

References

Perissodini Cichlid genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cichlidae-stub