Teleogramma

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Teleogramma

| display_parents = 2

| authority = Boulenger, 1899

| type_species = Teleogramma gracile

| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1899

}}

Teleogramma is an African genus of cichlids with five species. These dark and slender fish barely reach {{convert|10|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} in length and are limited to rapids in the Western Congo River basin in DR Congo/Congo Brazzaville.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. [http://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Teleogramma Teleogramma Species.] FishBase. 2015. They are distinctive, with specialized anatomy. They are characterized by elongated heads with tubular nostrils and a lateral line that is not interrupted, as it is in most cichlids.{{cite journal|last1=Stiassny|first1= Melanie L. J.|last2= Alter|first2=S. Elisabeth|year=2015|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/6586/N3831.pdf|title=Phylogenetics of Teleogramma, a riverine clade of African cichlid fishes, with a description of the deepwater molluskivore — Teleogramma obamaorum — from the lower reaches of the middle Congo River|journal=American Museum Novitates|number=3831|pages=1–18|doi= 10.1206/3831.1|s2cid= 86288518}}