Alticorpus

Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids^[1][2][3] endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.

Alticorpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Alticorpus Stauffer & McKaye, 1988
Type species
Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

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