title: Gnathochromis
text: # Gnathochromis
  
  Gnathochromis is a small genus of cichlid fish endemic to the Lake Tanganyika basin in East Africa.
  
  The two species are distantly related (G. permaxillaris close to other limnochromines; G. pfefferi close to the tropheines) and as presently defined Gnathochromis is polyphyletic.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Gnathochromis permaxillaris (L. R. David, 1936)
  * Gnathochromis pfefferi (Boulenger, 1898)
  