Wallaceochromis Explained

Wallaceochromis is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae and subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae endemic to West Africa. The name of this genus honours the British naturalist and coproponent of the theory of evolution through natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913).^[1]

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

• Wallaceochromis humilis (Boulenger, 1916)
• Wallaceochromis rubrolabiatus (Lamboj, 2004)
• Wallaceochromis signatus (Lamboj, 2004)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y) . 24 November 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 25 September 2018.