Chetia

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Chetia
Chetia welwitschi.jpg
Chetia welwitschi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Tribe: Haplochromini
Genus: Chetia
Trewavas, 1961
Type species
Chetia flaviventris
Trewavas, 1961

Chetia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to riverine habitats in southern Africa, as well as the Congo River Basin.

Species[]

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • & , 2002
  • Chetia brevis , 1968 (Orange-fringed Largemouth)
  • Trewavas, 1961 (Canary Kurper)
  • (Greenwood, 1984) (Slender Happy)
  • Chetia mola & , 1983
  • (Boulenger, 1898) (Angolan Happy)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chetia in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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