Lethrinops

"Sandeater" redirects here. For the South and Central American cichlids, see eartheater.

Sandeaters
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Lethrinops Regan, 1922
Type species
Chromis lethrinus Günther, 1894

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 currently 24 recognized species in this genus:

• Lethrinops albus Regan, 1922
• Lethrinops altus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops argenteus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926
• Lethrinops auritus (Regan, 1922) (golden sand-eater)
• Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931 (greenface sandsifter)
• Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
• Lethrinops leptodon Regan, 1922
• Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther, 1894)
• Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops longipinnis Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1978
• Lethrinops lunaris Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops macracanthus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops macrochir (Regan, 1922)
• Lethrinops macrophthalmus (Boulenger, 1908)
• Lethrinops marginatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1926 (Lethrinops rounded head)
• Lethrinops micrentodon (Regan, 1922)
• Lethrinops microdon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
• Lethrinops microstoma Trewavas, 1931 (littletooth sandeater)
• Lethrinops mylodon Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1979
• Lethrinops oculatus Trewavas, 1931
• Lethrinops parvidens Trewavas, 1931 (Lethrinops red flush)
• Lethrinops stridei Eccles & D. S. C. Lewis, 1977
• Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003

External links

• Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1977. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 1. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 36. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
• Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1978. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 2. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 37. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
• Eccles, David H. and Lewis, Digby S.C. 1979. A taxonomic study of the Genus Lethrinops Regan (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi: part 3. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 38. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.