''Iranocichla'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Cichlidae
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 ...
found in fresh and brackish waters in southern
Iran
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.
[Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Seehausen, O. (2016)]
''Iranocichla persa'', a new cichlid species from southern Iran (Teleostei, Cichlidae).
''ZooKeys, 636: 141–161.'' They are the only cichlids native to this country.
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Species
There are currently two described species in this genus, but a third population of unclear affinities is known from the Kol River drainage (between the range of the two recognized species):
References
Oreochromini
Taxa named by Brian W. Coad
Freshwater fish genera
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