Teleocichla

Teleocichla
Teleocichla cinderella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Teleocichla Kullander. 1988

Teleocichla is a small genus of cichlid fish, consisting of 7 described species, endemic to the Amazon River Basin in South America. All species are rheophilic, and highly elongated.

[edit] Species

• Teleocichla centisquama Zuanon & Sazima, 2002
• Teleocichla centrarchus Kullander, 1988
• Teleocichla cinderella Kullander, 1988
• Teleocichla gephyrogramma Kullander, 1988
• Teleocichla monogramma Kullander, 1988
• Teleocichla prionogenys Kullander, 1988
• Teleocichla proselytus Kullander, 1988

[edit] References

FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).

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