# Simochromis

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Simochromis diagramma - Karlsruhe Zoo 01.jpg
| image_caption = ''Simochromis diagramma''
| taxon = Simochromis
| authority = [Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1898
| type_species = ''Chromis diagramma''
| type_species_authority = Günther, 1894
}}

'''''Simochromis''''' is a genus of [cichlids](/source/cichlids) [endemic](/source/endemism) to [Lake Tanganyika](/source/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](/source/Simochromis_diagramma)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1894)</small>

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

* ''[Pseudosimochromis babaulti](/source/Pseudosimochromis_babaulti)'' <small>([Pellegrin](/source/Jacques_Pellegrin), 1927)</small>
* ''[Pseudosimochromis curvifrons](/source/Pseudosimochromis_curvifrons)'' <small>([Poll](/source/Max_Poll), 1942)</small>
* ''[Pseudosimochromis margaretae](/source/Pseudosimochromis_margaretae)'' <small>[G. S. Axelrod](/source/Glen_Scott_Axelrod) & [J. A. Harrison](/source/James_A._Harrison), 1978</small>
* ''[Pseudosimochromis marginatus](/source/Pseudosimochromis_marginatus)'' <small>([Poll](/source/Max_Poll), 1956)</small>

== References ==
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Category:Simochromis
Category:Tropheini
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