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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.

Chromidotilapia
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)

References

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