Cynotilapia
| Cynotilapia | |
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| C. afra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Cynotilapia Regan, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Hemichromis afer Günther, 1894
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| Synonyms | |
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Microchromis Johnson, 1975 | |
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.
Species[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Cynotilapia in FishBase. April 2024 version.
- ^ Konings, Adrianus F. (2016). Malaŵi Cichlids in their natural habitat (5th ed.). Cichlid Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-932892-23-9.
- ^ 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.
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