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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Diplotaxodon

(See list of species below)


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10 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Diplotaxodon aeneus Africa 14 SL 1998
Diplotaxodon altus Africa 16.2 SL 2018
Diplotaxodon apogon Africa 11.7 SL 1998
Diplotaxodon argenteus Africa 20.4 SL 1935
Diplotaxodon dentatus Africa 12.0 SL 2021
Diplotaxodon ecclesi Africa 14.6 SL 1973
Diplotaxodon greenwoodi Africa 24.7 SL 1986
Diplotaxodon limnothrissa Africa 15.4 SL 1994
Diplotaxodon longimaxilla Africa 18.1 SL 2018
Diplotaxodon macrops Africa 12.5 SL 1998



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013