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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite iucn | author = Bigirimana, C. | year = 2006 | title = ''Ctenochromis benthicola'' | volume = 2006 | page = e.T60483A12362480 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60483A12362480.en }}</ref>
| parent_authority = [[Max Poll|Poll]], 1987
| taxon = Trematochromis benthicola
| display_parents = 3
| authority = ([[Hubert Matthes|Matthes]], 1962)
| synonyms = ''Haplochromis benthicola'' <small>Matthes, 1962</small><br />
''Ctenochromis benthicola'' <small>(Matthes, 1962)</small> (but see text)<br />
''Trematochromis schreyeni'' <small>Poll, 1987</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = FishBaseSp>{{FishBase|Trematochromis|benthicola|month=June|year=2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''Trematochromis benthicola''''' is a [[ray-finned fish]] [[species]] in the [[cichlid]] [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Cichlidae]]), [[subfamily]] [[Pseudocrenilabrinae]] and the [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Haplochromini]]. It is found throughout [[Lake Tanganyika]] in the [[Burundi]]an, the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Tanzanian]], and [[Zambia]]n shoreline. Its preferred habitat are the hidden recesses of caves in shallow water.
This species was described in 1962. At the time of its discovery placed in ''[[Haplochromis]]'' &ndash; then a "[[wastebin genus]]" for [[Haplochromini]] cichlids &ndash;, it was subsequently moved to ''[[Ctenochromis]]'', but differs somewhat from the fishes otherwise placed there.<ref name = Takahashi>{{cite journal | author1 = T. Takahashi | author2 = J. Snoeks | author3 = K. Nakaya | name-list-style = amp | year = 2006 | title = ''Trematochromis schreyeni'' Poll, 1987, a junior synonym of '' 'Ctenochromis' benthicola'' (Matthes, 1962)(Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika | journal = Journal of Fish Biology | volume = 68 | pages = 56–67| doi = 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00969.x | bibcode = 2006JFBio..68...56T }} Abstract</ref> Consequently, it has been proposed for separation in a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] '''''Trematochromis''''', which was established in 1987 when ''"C." benthicola'' was mistakenly described a second time.<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=9994|title=''Trematochromis''|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Haplochromini]]
[[Category:Fish of Lake Tanganyika]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1962]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Hubert Matthes]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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