Astatoreochromis

Astatoreochromis is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to riverine habitats in East Africa. Tilapia bemini, usually placed in the tilapiines, may be rather close to this genus. However, extensive hybridization capabilities of African cichlids seriously confound analyses of phylogeny based on mtDNA, while morphological analyses tend to yield little information due to widespread parallel evolution.^[2]

Astatoreochromis
Alluaud's Haplo, (A. alluaudi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Astatoreochromis Pellegrin, 1904
Type species
Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 (Alluaud's Haplo)
• Astatoreochromis straeleni (Poll, 1944) (Bluelip Haplo)
• Astatoreochromis vanderhorsti (Greenwood, 1954) — validity questionable, likely a synonym of A. straeleni.^[4]