Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

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

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4 species

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Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Africa
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Sciaenochromis ahli (Trewavas, 1935)
Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
 
Sciaenochromis ahli
[Electric blue hap]
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Max. Length 14 cm SL
 
Sciaenochromis benthicola
Photo by JJPhoto

Africa
Max. Length 11.5 cm SL
Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993
Photo by JJPhoto
 
Sciaenochromis fryeri
No picture found

Max. Length 11.6 cm SL
 
Sciaenochromis psammophilus
[Electric blue kande]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Sciaenochromis ahli Electric blue hap Africa 20 TL 1935
Sciaenochromis benthicola Africa 14 SL 1993
Sciaenochromis fryeri Africa 11.5 SL 1993
Sciaenochromis psammophilus Electric blue kande Africa 11.6 SL 1993



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013
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