| Giant cichlid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Boulengerochromini Takahashi, 2003 |
| Genus: | Boulengerochromis Pellegrin, 1904 |
| Species: | B. microlepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Boulengerochromis microlepis (Boulenger, 1899)
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The giant cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis), also known as the emperor cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae, endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.[2][3] It is the only member of its genus Boulengerochromis and tribe Boulengerochromini.[4]
- ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Boulengerochromis microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60475A12359898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60475A12359898.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Boulengerochromis microlepis FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. fishbase.org version (07/2014).
- ^ SeriouslyFish: Boulengerochromis microlepis. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ Meyer, Matchiner, Salburger, Britta, Michael, Walter (2015). "A tribal level phylogeny of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes based on a genomic multi-marker approach". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 56–71. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.009. PMC 4334724. PMID 25433288.
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