Gnathochromis

Gnathochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in East Africa.

Gnathochromis
G. permaxillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Limnochromini
Genus:	Gnathochromis Poll, 1981
Type species
Limnochromis permaxillaris L. R. David, 1936

The two species are distantly related (G. permaxillaris close to other limnochromines; G. pfefferi close to the tropheines) and as presently defined Gnathochromis is polyphyletic.^[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Gnathochromis permaxillaris (L. R. David, 1936)
• Gnathochromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898)