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Cyprichromis
Cyprichromis is a genus of cichlids with five species. They are also known as the herring cichlids or sardine cichlids since they form large schools in the open water of Lake Tanganyika. Of the known species, only C. microlepidotus has been recorded outside Lake Tanganyika (in eastern Tanzania).
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Slender Cichlid
speciesCyprichromis leptosoma
Cyprichromis coloratus
speciesCyprichromis coloratus
Cyprichromis zonatus
speciesCyprichromis zonatus
Cyprichromis microlepidotus
speciesCyprichromis microlepidotus
Cyprichromis pavo
speciesCyprichromis pavo
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87808.