Cichlidae

poor man's tropheus

Hypsophrys nematopus

Fourteen Centimeters Cichlid of Central American Waters

• White
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Small
• Tropical fish

The poor man's tropheus (Neetroplus nematopus) is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. Until 2007 it was the only species in the genus Neetroplus, but at that time it was reclassified into the genus Hypsophrys. In 2016 it was restored to the genus Neetroplus based on genetic research by Říčan, et al.