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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Protomelas

(See list of species below)


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16 species (see list below)
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Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver

Africa
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Protomelas annectens (Regan, 1922)

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Protomelas annectens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.8 cm SL
 
Protomelas dejunctus
[]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver

Africa
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Protomelas fenestratus (Trewavas, 1935)

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Protomelas fenestratus
[Fenestratus]
No picture found

Max. Length 20.3 cm TL
 
Protomelas insignis
[One-and-a-half-stripe hap]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Protomelas kirkii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 18.1 cm SL
 
Protomelas krampus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Protomelas labridens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.8 cm SL
 
Protomelas macrodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.6 cm TL
 
Protomelas marginatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.1 cm TL
 
Protomelas pleurotaenia
[]

Photo by O'Brien, S.

Africa
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Protomelas similis (Regan, 1922)

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Protomelas similis
[]

Photo by Dubosc, J.

Africa
Max. Length 16.7 cm TL
Protomelas spilonotus (Trewavas, 1935)

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Protomelas spilonotus
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No picture found

Max. Length 24 cm TL
 
Protomelas spilopterus
[]

Photo by Reclos, G.J.

Africa
Max. Length 11.3 cm TL
Protomelas taeniolatus (Trewavas, 1935)

Photo by Photo by Reclos, G.J.
 
Protomelas taeniolatus
[Spindle hap]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.4 cm TL
 
Protomelas triaenodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm SL
 
Protomelas virgatus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Protomelas annectens Africa 20 TL 1922
Protomelas dejunctus Africa 13.8 SL 1993
Protomelas fenestratus Fenestratus Africa 14 TL 1935
Protomelas insignis One-and-a-half-stripe hap Africa 20.3 TL 1935
Protomelas kirkii Africa 18 TL 1894
Protomelas krampus Africa 18.1 SL 2020
Protomelas labridens Africa 18 TL 1935
Protomelas macrodon Africa 8.8 SL 1989
Protomelas marginatus Africa 16.6 TL 1935
Protomelas pleurotaenia Africa 14.1 TL 1901
Protomelas similis Africa 18 TL 1922
Protomelas spilonotus Africa 16.7 TL 1935
Protomelas spilopterus Africa 24 TL 1935
Protomelas taeniolatus Spindle hap Africa 11.3 TL 1935
Protomelas triaenodon Africa 15.4 TL 1935
Protomelas virgatus Africa 14 SL 1935



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