Lethrinops

Sandeaters
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Lethrinops Regan, 1922
Diversity
[[#Species|24 species]]

Lethrinops is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, they are known as the sandeaters or sandsifters.

Species

There are 24 described Lethrinops species:

• Lethrinops albus
• Lethrinops altus
• Lethrinops argenteus
• Lethrinops auritus – Golden Sandeater
• Lethrinops christyi
• Lethrinops furcifer – Greenface Sandsifter
• Lethrinops gossei
• Lethrinops leptodon
• Lethrinops lethrinus
• Lethrinops longimanus
• Lethrinops longipinnis
• Lethrinops lunaris
• Lethrinops macracanthus

• Lethrinops macrochir
• Lethrinops macrophthalmus
• Lethrinops marginatus – Roundhead Sandeater
• Lethrinops micrentodon
• Lethrinops microdon
• Lethrinops microstoma – Littletooth Sandeater
• Lethrinops oculatus
• Lethrinops parvidens – Redflush Sandeater
• Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & Lewis, 1979
  • Lethrinops mylodon borealis Eccles & Lewis, 1979
• Lethrinops stridei
• Lethrinops turneri

References

• FishBase [2009]: Lethrinops species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-03.