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

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lethrinops albus Africa 16.5 TL 1922
Lethrinops altus Africa 15.8 TL 1931
Lethrinops argenteus Africa 19 TL 1926
Lethrinops atrilabris Africa 7.3 SL 2022
Lethrinops auritus Golden sand-eater Africa 14 TL 1922
Lethrinops christyi Africa 18.3 TL 1931
Lethrinops furcifer Greenface sandsifter Africa 19.5 TL 1931
Lethrinops gossei Africa 14.4 SL 1973
Lethrinops leptodon Africa 20 TL 1922
Lethrinops lethrinus Africa 20 TL 1894
Lethrinops longimanus Africa 15.3 SL 1931
Lethrinops longipinnis Africa 16 SL 1978
Lethrinops lunaris Africa 18.6 TL 1931
Lethrinops macracanthus Africa 20 TL 1931
Lethrinops macrochir Africa 13 TL 1922
Lethrinops macrophthalmus Africa 12 SL 1908
Lethrinops marginatus Lethrinops rounded head Africa 11 SL 1926
Lethrinops micrentodon Africa 11.5 TL 1922
Lethrinops microdon Africa 13.1 SL 1977
Lethrinops microstoma Littletooth sandeater Africa 14.5 TL 1931
Lethrinops mylodon Africa 20.2 SL 1979
Lethrinops oculatus Africa 13.5 TL 1931
Lethrinops parvidens Lethrinops red flush Africa 14 SL 1931
Lethrinops stridei Africa 13 SL 1977
Lethrinops turneri Africa 9.4 SL 2003



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