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Pharyngochromis

Pharyngochromis
Pharyngochromis darlingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Pharyngochromis
Greenwood, 1979
Type species
Pelmatochromis darlingi
Boulenger, 1911

Pharyngochromis is a genus of cichlids native to Southern Africa where they are only known from the Zambezi, Okavango, SaveRunde and Kunene basins. There are two species, which reach up to 12 and 22 cm (4.5 and 8.5 in) in total length, respectively.[1]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pharyngochromis". FishBase. October 2019 version.

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