Congochromis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Congochromis
Species (5): C. dimidiatus – C. pugnatus – C. robustus – C. sabinae – C. squamiceps
Name

Congochromis Stiassny & Schliewen, 2007: 4

Gender: masculine
Type species: Pseudoplesiops squamiceps Boulenger, 1902, by original designation

References
Primary references

Stiassny, M.L.J. and Schliewen, U.K. 2007: Congochromis, a new cichlid genus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Central Africa, with the description of a new species from the Upper Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. American Museum Novitates (3576), 16 pp. ISSN 0003-0082. Abstract with link to free full text

Additional references

Lamboj, A. 2012: A new species of the genus Congochromis (Cichlidae) from the Central Congo basin. Cybium 36 (2): 349–352. Abstract

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Congochromis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Congochromis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS

Congochromis is a genus of small cichlids native to river basins in Middle Africa.
Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

Congochromis dimidiatus (Pellegrin, 1900)
Congochromis pugnatus Stiassny & Schliewen, 2007
Congochromis robustus Lamboj, 2012
Congochromis sabinae (Lamboj, 2005)
Congochromis squamiceps (Boulenger, 1902)

References
Wikispecies has information related to Congochromis.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Congochromis in FishBase. February 2013 version.