Pseudosimochromis
Pseudosimochromis is a genus of fish in the cichlid family, endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in Africa. They are small mouthbrooding cichlids that can reach up to in length.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Pseudosimochromis is a genus of fish in the cichlid family, endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in Africa. They are small mouthbrooding cichlids that can reach up to in length.
==Species== The species in Pseudosimochromis were formerly included in Simochromis. The limits between the individual species is in need of a review. As presently defined, following are recognized in the Pseudosimochromis: Pseudosimochromis babaulti (Pellegrin, 1927) Pseudosimochromis curvifrons (Poll, 1942) Pseudosimochromis margaretae (Axelrod & Harrison, 1978) Pseudosimochromis marginatus (Poll, 1956) Pseudosimochromis pleurospilus Nelissen, 1978 — likely a synonym of P. babaulti.