Benthochromis

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Benthochromis tricoti.jpg

| image_caption = Benthochromis horii

| parent_authority = Takahashi, 2003

| taxon = Benthochromis

| authority = Poll, 1986

| type_species = Haplotaxodon tricoti

| type_species_authority = Poll, 1948

}}

Benthochromis is a small genus of planktivorous cichlid fish that are endemic to relatively deep waters in Lake Tanganyika in Africa.{{FishBase genus | genus = Benthochromis| month = October | year = 2019}}{{cite journal|title=Description of a new cichlid fish species of the genus Benthochromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika |last1=Takahashi |journal= Journal of Fish Biology |volume= 72|issue=3 |pages=603–613|year=2008|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01727.x|first1=T.|bibcode=2008JFBio..72..603T }}