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Tropheops

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Tropheops
Tropheops spp. mouth brooding female, Thumbi West Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Tropheops
Trewavas, 1984
Type species
Pseudotropheus tropheops
Regan, 1922

Tropheops is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.

Species

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There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tropheops". FishBase. April 2013 version.