''Chromidotilapia'' is a
genus
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of
cichlid
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fishes. The genus contains 11 species. Of these, 9 are from
Central Africa
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, one (''C. guentheri'') is found from
Liberia
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to
Cameroon
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, while the remaining species (''C. cavalliensis'') is restricted to
Côte d'Ivoire
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.
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''
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, 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
Chromidotilapiini
Fish of Africa
Cichlid genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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