Orthochromis is a genus of relatively small haplochromine cichlids native to rivers and lakes in Eastern and Middle Africa. Most of its species are rheophilic.[1]
As presently defined Orthochromis is polyphyletic.[2] Some Orthochromis species were formerly included in Schwetzochromis.[1]
^ abDe Vos, L.; and L. Seegers (1998). Seven new Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Malagarasi, Luiche and Rugufu basins (Lake Tanganyika drainage), with notes on their reproductive biology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 9: 371—420.
^Schwarzer; Swartz; Vreven; Snoeks; Cotterill; Misof; and Schliewen (2012). Repeated trans-watershed hybridization among haplochromine cichlids (Cichlidae) was triggered by Neogene landscape evolution. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 4389—4398. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1667
of its species are rheophilic. As presently defined Orthochromis is polyphyletic. Some Orthochromis species were formerly included in Schwetzochromis....
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genus, but several others that formerly were included have been moved to Orthochromis. Moelants, T. (2010). "Schwetzochromis neodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
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