Lethrinops
Lethrinops is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, they are known as the sandeaters or sandsifters.
| Lethrinops | |
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| Lethrinops lethrinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Lethrinops Regan, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Chromis lethrinus Günther, 1894 | |
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lethrinops albus Regan, 1922
- Lethrinops altus Trewavas, 1931
- Lethrinops argenteus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926
- Lethrinops auritus (Regan, 1922) (golden sand-eater)
- Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931
- Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931 (greenface sandsifter)
- Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
- Lethrinops leptodon Regan, 1922
- Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther, 1894)
- Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931
- Lethrinops longipinnis Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1978
- Lethrinops lunaris Trewavas, 1931
- Lethrinops macracanthus Trewavas, 1931
- Lethrinops macrochir (Regan, 1922)
- Lethrinops macrophthalmus (Boulenger, 1908)
- Lethrinops marginatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926 (Lethrinops rounded head)
- Lethrinops micrentodon (Regan, 1922)
- Lethrinops microdon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
- Lethrinops microstoma Trewavas, 1931 (littletooth sandeater)
- Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1979
- Lethrinops oculatus Trewavas, 1931
- Lethrinops parvidens Trewavas, 1931 (Lethrinops red flush)
- Lethrinops stridei Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
- Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lethrinops in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links
- Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1977. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 1. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 36. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
- Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1978. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 2. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 37. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
- Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1979. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 3. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 38. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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