Chromidotilapia Explained

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.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

• 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)