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Lethrinops

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Scientific name
  
Lethrinops

Higher classification
  
Cichlid

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Cichlidae

Tribe
  
Haplochromini

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Lethrinops albus, Lethrinops lethrinus, Lethrinops marginatus, Lethrinops micrentodon, Greenface sandsifter

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Lethrinops is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, they are known as the sandeaters or sandsifters.

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Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:

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  • Lethrinops albus Regan, 1922
  • Lethrinops altus Trewavas, 1931
  • Lethrinops argenteus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926
  • Lethrinops auritus (Regan, 1922) (golden sand-eater)
  • Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931
  • Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931 (greenface sandsifter)
  • Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
  • Lethrinops leptodon Regan, 1922
  • Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther, 1894)
  • Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931
  • Lethrinops longipinnis Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1978
  • Lethrinops lunaris Trewavas, 1931
  • Lethrinops macracanthus Trewavas, 1931
  • Lethrinops macrochir (Regan, 1922)
  • Lethrinops macrophthalmus (Boulenger, 1908)
  • Lethrinops marginatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926 (Lethrinops rounded head)
  • Lethrinops micrentodon (Regan, 1922)
  • Lethrinops microdon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
  • Lethrinops microstoma Trewavas, 1931 (littletooth sandeater)
  • Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1979
  • Lethrinops oculatus Trewavas, 1931
  • Lethrinops parvidens Trewavas, 1931 (Lethrinops red flush)
  • Lethrinops stridei Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
  • Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003

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    References

    Lethrinops Wikipedia
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