Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Ptychochrominae
Genus: Ptychochromis


Class:     Order:    
Family:  Subfamily:   Genus: 


Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Territory:
Only include species occuring above: m

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).        Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)


10 species

Show family drawing(s) | See list of species below | Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 10

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ptychochromis curvidens Northern Madagascar cichlid Africa 14.7 SL 2006
Ptychochromis ernestmagnusi Black-finned Madagascar cichlid Africa 14.7 SL 2010
Ptychochromis grandidieri High-finned Madagascar cichlid Africa 21.3 SL 1882
Ptychochromis inornatus Grey Madagascar cichlid Africa 12.2 SL 2002
Ptychochromis insolitus Veil-finned Madagascar cichlid Africa 24.5 TL 2006
Ptychochromis loisellei Blotched Madagascar cichlid Africa 11.9 2006
Ptychochromis mainty Southern Madagascar cichlid Africa 14.9 SL 2015
Ptychochromis makira Back-striped Madagascar cichlid Africa 14.6 SL 2006
Ptychochromis oligacanthus Four-spotted Madagascar cichlid Africa 25 TL 1868
Ptychochromis onilahy Western Madagascar cichlid Africa 8.6 SL 2006



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Territory, go to
Search FishBase, select Territory and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the territory.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to
Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013
Back to Search
Back to Top