Tramitichromis is characterized by a distinctive lower pharyngeal bone with long, slender teeth,
including markedly elongated anterior teeth with backward-bent tips, and by a downward-projecting
anterior blade of the pharyngeal bone. The lower gill-rakers are robust and can form a near-horizontal
grid that separates heavier sand from lighter food items during sand-sifting. A form collected at
Nkolongwe shows a diagonal band and a shallower body than T. brevis, and may be conspecific with a
taxon referred to as Tramitichromis sp. ‘maculae’ by Ngatunga & Snoeks (2004).
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