Perissodini

Perissodini

Perissodus microlepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Perissodini
Genera
Haplotaxodon Perissodus Plecodus

Perissodini is a tribe of African cichlids, containing three genera of freshwater fish found only in Lake Tanganyika.

One of its genera, Haplotaxodon, feeds on small fish and zooplankton. The other two genera are specialised in eating scales from other fish. They are all mouthbrooders.