# Parananochromis

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Genus of fishes

Parananochromis Parananochromis longirostris Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cichliformes Family: Cichlidae Tribe: Chromidotilapiini Genus: Parananochromis Greenwood, 1987 Type species Pelmatochromis longirostris Boulenger, 1903

***Parananochromis*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [cichlids](/source/Cichlid) native to [tropical](/source/Tropical) [Africa](/source/Africa).

## Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

- *[Parananochromis axelrodi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_axelrodi&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Lamboj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Lamboj&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Stiassny](/source/Melanie_L._J._Stiassny), 2003

- *[Parananochromis brevirostris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_brevirostris&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Lamboj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Lamboj&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Stiassny](/source/Melanie_L._J._Stiassny), 2003

- *[Parananochromis caudifasciatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_caudifasciatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1913)

- *[Parananochromis elobatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_elobatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Lamboj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Lamboj&action=edit&redlink=1), 2014 [1]

- *[Parananochromis gabonicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_gabonicus&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Trewavas](/source/Ethelwynn_Trewavas), 1975

- *[Parananochromis longirostris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_longirostris&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1903)

- *[Parananochromis ornatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_ornatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Lamboj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Lamboj&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Stiassny](/source/Melanie_L._J._Stiassny), 2003

- *[Parananochromis orsorum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parananochromis_orsorum&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Lamboj](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anton_Lamboj&action=edit&redlink=1), 2014 [1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lamboj2014_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lamboj2014_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Lamboj2014_1-2) Lamboj, A. (2014): Two new species of Parananochromis from Cameroon, Central Africa (Teleostei: Cichlidae). *Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 49-57*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FishBase_2-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Parananochromis*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Parananochromis). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version.

Taxon identifiers Parananochromis Wikidata: Q2709716 Wikispecies: Parananochromis CoL: 63LMK EoL: 28037 GBIF: 2372842 iNaturalist: 90750 IRMNG: 1048020 ITIS: 648114 NCBI: 1543267 Plazi: 33613948-5858-35A4-5820-E9CC2E29F7EA WoRMS: 270233 ZooBank: 6D8CF662-71F9-4EC2-879B-BBB6C7EE1AC8

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