Heterochromis multidens

Heterochromis multidens is a monotypic species of fish from the family Cichlidae in the subfamily Heterochromidinae.

The Heterochromis multidens lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

Heterochromis multidens is a monotypic species of fish from the family Cichlidae in the subfamily Heterochromidinae. The species is endemic to the Congo basin in Zaire in Central Africa. More

Heterochromis multidens in the aquarium of Rainer Stawikowski, in Gelsenkirechen , Sep-2002. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. determiner Rainer Stawikowski. More

Heterochromis multidens, Ur-Cichlid Heterochromis multidens Monday, February 23, 2004 Juveniles of this most ancient of all cichlids are now available from the first generation of young produced from these adults we brought back from our first Congo expedition. More

Looks like my Heterochromis multidens guess was wrong. sad. More

Skull bones of Heterochromis multidens, a basal African cichlid from the Congo basin Neurocranium (skull) of a phylogenetically basal African cichlid, Heterochromis multidens from the Congo River. More

Heterochromis multidens (Pellegrin), a rarely seen Central African cichlid ends up among Neotropical taxa. Photo F. Warzel. The tree is based on a parsimony analysis of 91 characters and 50 terminal taxa using the Hennig86 software with a heuristic search and successive weighting. More

Common names

Hammastilapia in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Heterochromis multidens in Hungarian (Magyar)
Heterochromis multidens in Spanish (espaƱol)

Order : Perciformes
Family : Cichlidae
Genus : Heterochromis
Species : Heterochromis multidens
Authority : Pellegrin, 1900