Alticorpus

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus Lower classifications Alticorpus mentale		Family Cichlidae Scientific name Alticorpus Higher classification Cichlid Order Perciformes

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

Varicorhinus alticorpus oshima 2 of 2 avi

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

Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004

Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985)

Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

Alticorpus pectinatum Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 (possibly synonym of P. petersdaviesi)

Alticorpus peterdaviesi (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)

Alticorpus profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

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