{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Simochromis diagramma - Karlsruhe Zoo 01.jpg | image_caption = ''Simochromis diagramma'' | taxon = Simochromis | authority = Boulenger, 1898 | type_species = ''Chromis diagramma'' | type_species_authority = Günther, 1894 }}

'''''Simochromis''''' is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Simochromis| month = April | year = 2017}}</ref>

==Species== There is currently one recognized species are in this genus:<ref name=CoF>Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; and R. van der Laan (7 April 2017). [http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp Catalog of Fishes.] Retrieved 7 April 2017.</ref><ref name=Steenberge2015>Van Steenberge; Pariselle; Huyse; Volckaert; Snoeks; and Vanhove (2015). Morphology, Molecules, and Monogenean Parasites: An Example of an Integrative Approach to Cichlid Biodiversity. PLOS ONE 10(6): e0129987. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0124474|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Konongs2015>Konings, A.F. (2015). Tanganyika Cichlids in their natural habitat. 3rd edition. {{ISBN|978-1932892185}}.</ref>

* ''Simochromis diagramma'' <small>(Günther, 1894)</small>

Four other species have been included, but are now generally in ''Pseudosimochromis'':<ref name=CoF/><ref name=Steenberge2015/><ref name=Konongs2015/>

* ''Pseudosimochromis babaulti'' <small>(Pellegrin, 1927)</small> * ''Pseudosimochromis curvifrons'' <small>(Poll, 1942)</small> * ''Pseudosimochromis margaretae'' <small>G. S. Axelrod & J. A. Harrison, 1978</small> * ''Pseudosimochromis marginatus'' <small>(Poll, 1956)</small>

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