Cynotilapia

Cynotilapia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids. All fishes in these genus form part of the mbuna flock, the rock-dwelling fishes of Lake Malawi, in the rift valley of East Africa. All species are polygamous, maternal, ovophile mouthbrooders and carry their fry in this fashion for about 20–30 days.

Cynotilapia
C. afra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Cynotilapia Regan, 1922
Type species
Hemichromis afer Günther, 1894
Synonyms
Microchromis Johnson, 1975

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus.^[1][2]

• Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1894)
• Cynotilapia aurifrons (Tawil, 2011)
• Cynotilapia axelrodi W. E. Burgess, 1976
• Cynotilapia chilundu Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016^[3]
• Cynotilapia zebroides (D. S. Johnson, 1975)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cynotilapia". FishBase. April 2024 version.
2. Konings, Adrianus F. (2016). Malaŵi Cichlids in their natural habitat (5th ed.). Cichlid Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-932892-23-9.
3. Li, Shan; Konings, Adrianus F.; Stauffer Jr., Jay Richard (September 2016). "A Revision of the Pseudotropheus elongatus species group (Teleostei: Cichlidae) With Description of a New Genus and Seven New Species". Zootaxa. 15 (4168(2)): 353–381. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.9. PMID 27701342. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.