Alticorpus

Alticorpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Alticorpus
Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
Type species
Alticorpus mentale
Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.

Species

There are currently five or six recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 "Alticorpus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alticorpus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N. (30 April 2013). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2013.