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Sargochromis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cichlidae

Tribe
  
Haplochromini

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

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Similar
  
Serranochromis, Etia nguti, Parananochromis, Pterochromis congicus, Pungu

Sargochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids native to Southern and Central Africa.

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Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

  • Sargochromis carlottae (Boulenger, 1905) (Rainbow Happy)
  • Sargochromis codringtonii (Boulenger, 1908) (Green Happy)
  • Sargochromis coulteri (Bell-Cross, 1975) (Cunene Happy)
  • Sargochromis giardi (Pellegrin, 1903) (Pink Happy)
  • Sargochromis greenwoodi (Bell-Cross, 1975) (Greenwood's Happy)
  • Sargochromis mellandi (Boulenger, 1905) (Snaileater)
  • Sargochromis mortimeri (Bell-Cross, 1975) (Mortimer's Happy)
  • Sargochromis thysi (Poll, 1967)

    • Distribution

    Some of the species have rather restricted geographic ranges; for example, S. coulteri is known chiefly from the Kunene and upper Zambezi River basins.

    References

    Sargochromis Wikipedia
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