# Interochromis

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = Bigirimana, C. | title = ''Simochromis loocki'' | volume = 2006 | article-number = e.T60677A12383739 | date = 2006 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60677A12383739.en }}</ref>
| parent_authority = [Yamaoka](/source/Kosaku_Yamaoka), [M. Hori](/source/Michio_Hori) & [Kuwamura](/source/Tetsuo_Kuwamura), 1988<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yamaoka |first1=Kosaku  |author2=M. Hori |author3=T. Kuwamura  |year=1998 |title=''Interochromis'', a new genus of the Tanganyikan cichlid fis |journal=South African Journal of Science |volume=94 |pages=381–386 }}</ref>
| taxon = Interochromis loocki
| authority = ([Poll](/source/Max_Poll), 1949)<ref>Poll M (1949) Deuxième série de Cichlidae nouveaux recueillis par la mission hydrobiologique belge en Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947). ''Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg.'' 1-55</ref>
| synonyms = * ''Simochromis loocki'' <small>Poll</small>
}}

'''''Interochromis''''' is a genus of [cichlid](/source/cichlid)s [endemic](/source/endemic) to [Lake Tanganyika](/source/Lake_Tanganyika) in [East Africa](/source/East_Africa).  It is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) genus, being represented by the single species, '''''Interochromis loocki'''''.

''Interochromis loocki'' is a widespread but rare species living on rocky substrates in {{convert|2|-|3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} of water.<ref name=IUCN/>  This species can reach a length of {{convert|10.5|cm|in}} [total length](/source/fish_measurement) (TL).<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Interochromis|species= loocki| month = February | year = 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Pseudocrenilabrinae
Category:Fish of Lake Tanganyika
Category:Fish described in 1949
Category:Monotypic freshwater fish genera
Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera
Category:Cichlid genera

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