''Pyxichromis'' is a genus of
haplochromine
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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 ...
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 ...
. The species in this genus are currently included in ''Haplochromis'' by FishBase.
Each species is
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 a different
Rift Valley lake in East Africa.
Species
It contains the following
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
:
* ''
Pyxichromis orthostoma''
(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)
* ''
Pyxichromis paradoxus''
(Lippitsch Lippitsch (German) or Lipič (Upper Sorbian) is a village in the northeast part of the German state Saxony, in the administrative district of Bautzen. It belongs to Upper Lusatia and was an independent municipality until 1977, when it was absorbed b ...
& Kaufman
Kaufman or Kauffman may refer to:
People
*Kaufmann (surname) ''Includes Kaufman, Kauffman, Kauffmann''
Places
* Kaufman, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Madison Count
* Kaufman, Texas, a city in Kaufman County
* Kaufman County, Texas, ...
, 2003)
* ''
Pyxichromis parorthostoma''
(Greenwood, 1967)
References
Cichlid genera
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Taxa named by Humphry Greenwood
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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