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Orthochromis

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Orthochromis polyacanthus

Orthochromis is a genus of relatively small haplochromine cichlids native to rivers and lakes in Eastern and Middle Africa. Most of its species are rheophilic.^[1]

As presently defined Orthochromis is polyphyletic.^[2] Some Orthochromis species were formerly included in Schwetzochromis.^[1]

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:^[3]

^ ^a ^b De Vos, L.; and L. Seegers (1998). Seven new Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Malagarasi, Luiche and Rugufu basins (Lake Tanganyika drainage), with notes on their reproductive biology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 9: 371—420.
^ Schwarzer; Swartz; Vreven; Snoeks; Cotterill; Misof; and Schliewen (2012). Repeated trans-watershed hybridization among haplochromine cichlids (Cichlidae) was triggered by Neogene landscape evolution. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 4389—4398. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1667
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Orthochromis in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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Orthochromis polyacanthus

Orthochromis is a genus of relatively small haplochromine cichlids native to rivers and lakes in Eastern and Middle Africa. Most of its species are rheophilic.

As presently defined Orthochromis is polyphyletic. Some Orthochromis species were formerly included in Schwetzochromis.