Cynotilapia

Cynotilapia

C. afra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus:	Cynotilapia Regan, 1922
Type species
Hemichromis afer Günther, 1894
Synonyms
Microchromis Johnson, 1975

Cynotilapia is a genus of fishes from the family Cichlidae. 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

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

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

References

↑ Konings, A.F. (2016). Malaŵi Cichlids in their natural habitat (5th ed.). Cichlid Press. p. 447. ISBN 978-1-932892-23-9.

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