Astatoreochromis Pellegrin, 1904

Banyankimbona, Gaspard, Vreven, Emmanuel & Snoeks, Jos, 2013, A revision of the genus Astatoreochromis (Teleostei, Cichlidae), East-Africa, European Journal of Taxonomy 39, pp. 1-21 : 10

Astatoreochromis Pellegrin, 1904

The genus Astatoreochromis can be distinguished from ‘ Haplochromis ’ by the possession of three to seven anal spines (vs. three in ‘ Haplochromis ’); 16 to 20 dorsal fin spines (vs. 13-16 in ‘ Haplochromis ’), a rounded caudal fin (vs. sometimes rounded, obliquely truncate, truncate, subtruncate or emarginated in ‘ Haplochromis ’), a large number of anal ocelli arranged in three to five horizontal rows (vs. few anal ocelli arranged in one or two rows in ‘ Haplochromis ’), and a less marked sexual dimorphism in colour pattern (vs. a marked sexual dimorphism in ‘ Haplochromis ’).