Orthochromis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Orthochromis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Orthochromis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Orthochromis
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.
As presently defined Orthochromis is polyphyletic. Some Orthochromis species were formerly included in Schwetzochromis.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Abactochromis
- Allochromis
- Alticorpus
- Altolamprologus
- Anomalochromis
- Aristochromis
- Asprotilapia
- Astatoreochromis
- Astatotilapia
- Aulonocara
- Aulonocranus
- Baileychromis
- Bathybates
- Benitochromis
- Benthochromis
- Boulengerochromis
- Buccochromis
- Callochromis
- Caprichromis
- Cardiopharynx
- Chalinochromis
- Champsochromis
- Cheilochromis
- Chetia
- Chilochromis
- Chilotilapia
- Chindongo
- Chromidotilapia
- Coelotilapia
- Congochromis
- Congolapia
- Copadichromis
- Coptodon
- Corematodus
- Ctenochromis
- Ctenopharynx
- Cunningtonia
- Cyathochromis
- Cyathopharynx
- Cyclopharynx
- Cynotilapia
- Cyphotilapia
- Cyprichromis
- Cyrtocara
- Danakilia
- Dimidiochromis
- Diplotaxodon
- Divandu
- Docimodus
- Ectodus
- Enantiopus
- Enigmatochromis
- Eretmodus
- Etia
- Exochochromis
- Fossorochromis
- Genyochromis
- Gephyrochromis
- Gnathochromis
- Gobiocichla
- Grammatotria
- Greenwoodochromis
- Haplochromis
- Haplotaxodon
- Hemibates
- Hemichromis
- Hemitaeniochromis
- Hemitilapia
- Heterochromis
- Heterotilapia
- Interochromis
- Iodotropheus
- Iranocichla
- Julidochromis
- Konia
- Labeotropheus
- Labidochromis
- Lamprologus
- Lepidiolamprologus
- Lestradea
- Lethrinops
- Lichnochromis
- Limbochromis
- Limnochromis
- Limnotilapia
- Lithochromis
- Lobochilotes
- Lufubuchromis
- Maylandia
- Mbipia
- Mchenga
- Melanochromis
- Microdontochromis
- Myaka
- Mylochromis
- Naevochromis
- Nanochromis
- Neochromis
- Neolamprologus
- Nimbochromis
- Nyassachromis
- Ophthalmotilapia
- Oreochromis
- Orthochromis
- Otopharynx
- Palaeoplex
- Pallidochromis
- Paracyprichromis
- Paragobiocichla
- Paralabidochromis
- Parananochromis
- Pelmatochromis
- Pelmatolapia
- Pelvicachromis
- Perissodus
- Petrochromis
- Petrotilapia
- Pharyngochromis
- Placidochromis
- Protomelas
- Pseudocrenilabrus
- Pseudosimochromis
- Pseudotropheus
- Pterochromis
- Pundamilia
- Pungu
- Pyxichromis
- Reganochromis
- Rhamphochromis
- Rubricatochromis
- Sargochromis
- Sarotherodon
- Schubotzia
- Schwetzochromis
- Sciaenochromis
- Serranochromis
- Shuja
- Simochromis
- Spathodus
- Steatocranus
- Stigmatochromis
- Stomatepia
- Taeniochromis
- Taeniolethrinops
- Tangachromis
- Tanganicodus
- Teleogramma
- Telmatochromis
- Thoracochromis
- Thysochromis
- Tilapia
- Tramitichromis
- Trematocara
- Trematochromis
- Trematocranus
- Triglachromis
- Tristramella
- Tropheops
- Tropheus
- Tylochromis
- Tyrannochromis
- Variabilichromis
- Wallaceochromis
- Xenochromis
- Xenotilapia
- Yssichromis
Child Taxa
- Orthochromis gecki
- Orthochromis indermauri
- Orthochromis kalungwishiensis
- Orthochromis kasuluensis
- Orthochromis katumbii
- Orthochromis kimpala
- Orthochromis luichensis
- Orthochromis luongoensis
- Orthochromis machadoi
- Orthochromis malagaraziensis
- Orthochromis mazimeroensis
- Orthochromis mosoensis
- Orthochromis mporokoso
- Orthochromis polyacanthus
- Orthochromis rubrolabialis
- Orthochromis rugufuensis
- Orthochromis stormsi
- Orthochromis torrenticola
- Orthochromis uvinzae