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

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Protomelas annectens Africa 20 TL 1922
Protomelas dejunctus Africa 13.8 SL 1993
Protomelas fenestratus Fenestratus Africa 14 TL 1935
Protomelas insignis One-and-a-half-stripe hap Africa 20.3 TL 1935
Protomelas kirkii Africa 18 TL 1894
Protomelas krampus Africa 18.1 SL 2020
Protomelas labridens Africa 18 TL 1935
Protomelas macrodon Africa 8.8 SL 1989
Protomelas marginatus Africa 16.6 TL 1935
Protomelas pleurotaenia Africa 14.1 TL 1901
Protomelas similis Africa 18 TL 1922
Protomelas spilonotus Africa 16.7 TL 1935
Protomelas spilopterus Africa 24 TL 1935
Protomelas taeniolatus Spindle hap Africa 11.3 TL 1935
Protomelas triaenodon Africa 15.4 TL 1935
Protomelas virgatus Africa 14 SL 1935



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