Biology:Alticorpus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
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Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids[1][2][3] endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.
Species
There are currently five[1][2] or six[3] recognized species in this genus:
- Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004
- Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985)
- Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
- Alticorpus peterdaviesi (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
- Alticorpus profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alticorpus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=648034. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Alticorpus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eschmeyer, W. N. (30 April 2013). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503081145/http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q2702360 entry
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