Thoracochromis

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Thoracochromis wingatii.jpg

| image_caption = Thoracochromis wingatii

| taxon = Thoracochromis

| authority = Greenwood, 1979

| type_species = Paratilapia wingatii

| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1902

}}

Thoracochromis is a fish genus of haplochromine cichlids that are endemic to Africa. Most species are from rivers in Angola and Namibia, or the Congo River Basin in Central Africa, but T. wingatii is from the Nile system.{{FishBase genus | genus = Thoracochromis| month = November | year = 2019}} Additionally, there are a few apparently undescribed species from the Nile system (two in its delta and one from lakes near Fayum), which appear to be close relatives of T. wingatii or Haplochromis loati.{{cite journal | author1=Neumann, D. | author2=H. Obermaier | author3=T. Moritz | year=2016 | title=Annotated checklist for fishes of the Main Nile Basin in the Sudan and Egypt based on recent specimen records (2006-2015) | journal=Cybium | volume=40 | issue=4 | pages=287–317 | doi=10.26028/cybium/2016-404-004 }} Many species have been moved between this genus and Haplochromis, and while some consensus has been reached in recent years, their mutual delimitation is still far from settled.