Chromidotilapia
Chromidotilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes. The genus contains 11 species. Of these, 9 are from Central Africa, one (C. guentheri) is found from Liberia to Cameroon, while the remaining species (C. cavalliensis) is restricted to Côte d'Ivoire.
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| Günther's mouthbrooder (C. guntheri) pair with fry, female on left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Chromidotilapiini |
| Genus: | Chromidotilapia Boulenger, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898 | |
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chromidotilapia cavalliensis (Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971)
- Chromidotilapia elongata Lamboj, 1999
- Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882) (Günther's mouthbrooder)
- Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898
- Chromidotilapia linkei Staeck, 1980
- Chromidotilapia mamonekenei Lamboj, 1999
- Chromidotilapia melaniae Lamboj, 2003
- Chromidotilapia mrac Lamboj, 2002
- Chromidotilapia nana Lamboj, 2003
- Chromidotilapia regani (Pellegrin, 1906)
- Chromidotilapia schoutedeni (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chromidotilapia in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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