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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Tropheops

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11 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Tropheops biriwira Africa 6.9 SL 2016
Tropheops gracilior Africa 11.2 TL 1935
Tropheops kamtambo Africa 9.3 SL 2016
Tropheops kumwera Africa 7.1 SL 2016
Tropheops lucerna Africa 13.5 TL 1935
Tropheops macrophthalmus Africa 11.5 TL 1926
Tropheops microstoma Africa 9.8 SL 1935
Tropheops modestus Africa 6.4 SL 1974
Tropheops novemfasciatus Africa 9 SL 1922
Tropheops romandi Africa 6.3 SL 1979
Tropheops tropheops Africa 14 TL 1922



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