Cichlidae

Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus

Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus

Cichlid Reaching One Hundred Twenty Four Centimeters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. Its specific epithet brachyrhynchus (meaning: short snout) refers to the most distinctive characteristic of this species, the reduced length of the head in front of the eye (Oliver 2012: 42). Prior to the formal description of this species in 2012, the specimen which became the paratype was provisionally called Hemitaeniochromis sp.