Pterochromis congicus is a species of cichlid native to the Congo River Basin in Central Africa. This species can reach a standard length of 15.2 cm (6.0 in).[2] This genus and Pelmatolapia are the only members of the tribe Pelmatolapiini, but were formerly included in Tilapiini.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Tilapiini |
| Genus: | Pterochromis Trewavas, 1973 |
| Species: | P. congicus
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| Pterochromis congicus (Boulenger, 1897)
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References
edit- ^ Diouf, K.; Moelants, T. (2020). "Pterochromis congicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181561A134880999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181561A134880999.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterochromis congicus". FishBase. September 2019 version.
- ^ "Pseudocrenilabrinae". NCBI. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Andreas R.Dunz & Ulrich K.Schliewen (2013). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as Tilapia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (1): 64–80. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015. PMID 23542002.
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