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Pharyngochromis

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Pharyngochromis is a genus of cichlids native to Southern Africa where they are only known from the Zambezi, Okavango, Save–Runde and Kunene basins. There are two species, which reach up to in total length, respectively.

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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Pharyngochromis, and connects out to Cichlidae, Haplochromini and Animalia.

It is catalogued under topics including Cichlid genera, Fish of Zambia and Freshwater fish of Southern Africa.

Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyCichlidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded1,603

Pharyngochromis is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de cichliden (Cichlidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
Family
Cichlidae
Collections
CUMV, NHMUK
Recorded in
Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Parent taxon
Haplochromini
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Pharyngochromis darlingi.jpg
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Pharyngochromis
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Pharyngochromis is a genus of cichlids native to Southern Africa where they are only known from the Zambezi, Okavango, Save–Runde and Kunene basins. There are two species, which reach up to in total length, respectively.

==Species and taxonomy== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Pharyngochromis acuticeps (Steindachner, 1866) (Zambezi Bream) Pharyngochromis darlingi (Boulenger, 1911) (Zambezi Happy)

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