Astatoreochromis

 ( Taxa Named By Jacques Pellegrin ) 

Astatoreochromis is a small genus of haplochromine endemism to riverine habitats in East Africa. Tilapia bemini, usually placed in the , may be rather close to this genus. However, extensive hybridization capabilities of African cichlids seriously confound analyses of phylogeny based on mtDNA, while morphological analyses tend to yield little information due to widespread parallel evolution. (2001): Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 361–374.

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Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

• Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 (Alluaud's Haplo)
• Astatoreochromis straeleni (Max Poll, 1944) (Bluelip Haplo)
• Astatoreochromis vanderhorsti (Greenwood, 1954) — validity questionable, likely a synonym of A. straeleni.Banyankimbona; Vreven; and Snoeks (2013). A revision of the genus Astatoreochromis (Teleostei, Cichlidae), East-Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 39: 1-21.

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