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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Tylochromis

(See list of species below)



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18 species (see list below)

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Africa
Max. Length 19.3 cm SL

 
Tylochromis aristoma
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Africa
Max. Length 27.5 cm TL

 
Tylochromis bangwelensis
[Hump-back bream]
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Africa
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL

 
Tylochromis elongatus
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 23 cm SL

 
Tylochromis intermedius
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 27 cm SL

 
Tylochromis jentinki
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 22.6 cm SL

 
Tylochromis labrodon
[]

Photo by RMCA

Africa
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Tylochromis lateralis (Boulenger, 1898)

Photo by RMCA
 
Tylochromis lateralis
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 21.9 cm SL

 
Tylochromis leonensis
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 15.2 cm SL

 
Tylochromis microdon
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 22 cm SL

 
Tylochromis mylodon
[Mweru hump-backed bream]

Photo by de Vos, L.

Africa
Max. Length 43.5 cm NG
Tylochromis polylepis (Boulenger, 1900)

Photo by de Vos, L.
 
Tylochromis polylepis
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 13 cm SL

 
Tylochromis praecox
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 22.9 cm SL

 
Tylochromis pulcher
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 27.5 cm TL

 
Tylochromis regani
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 21.1 cm SL

 
Tylochromis robertsi
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 20 cm SL

 
Tylochromis sudanensis
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No picture found
Africa
Max. Length 20 cm SL

 
Tylochromis trewavasae
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Photo by RMCA/Musschoot, T.

Africa
Max. Length 27.6 cm NG
Tylochromis variabilis Stiassny, 1989

Photo by RMCA/Musschoot, T.
 
Tylochromis variabilis
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18 Species of Family Cichlidae with Genus Tylochromis
(Cichlids)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1989 Tylochromis aristoma Africa 19.3 SL
1920 Tylochromis bangwelensis Hump-back bream Africa 27.5 TL
1989 Tylochromis elongatus Africa 15.3 SL
1916 Tylochromis intermedius Africa 23 SL
1894 Tylochromis jentinki Africa 27 SL
1920 Tylochromis labrodon Africa 22.6 SL
1898 Tylochromis lateralis Africa 26 TL
1989 Tylochromis leonensis Africa 21.9 SL
1920 Tylochromis microdon Africa 15.2 SL
1920 Tylochromis mylodon Mweru hump-backed bream Africa 22 SL
1900 Tylochromis polylepis Africa 43.5 NG
1989 Tylochromis praecox Africa 13 SL
1989 Tylochromis pulcher Africa 22.9 SL
1989 Tylochromis regani Africa 27.5 TL
1989 Tylochromis robertsi Africa 21.1 SL
1954 Tylochromis sudanensis Africa 20 SL
1989 Tylochromis trewavasae Africa 20 SL
1989 Tylochromis variabilis Africa 27.6 NG



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