Alticorpus is a small genus of cichlids endemic to the deep waters of Lake Malawi in Africa.

Species

There are currently five or six recognized species in this genus:

• Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004

• Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985)

• Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

• Alticorpus peterdaviesi (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)

• Alticorpus profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988

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