• Cyathochromis obliquidens Trewavas, 1935 type species

Gallery of Cynotilapia

• Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1894) type species
• Cynotilapia axelrodi Burgess, 1976
• Cynotilapia pulpican Tawil, 2002     (follow "Tawil, 2002" link at left for more information)
• Cynotilapia zebroides (Johnson, 1975) (Valid species?)

Genyochromis mento — A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? -Illustrated article by Ad Konings at Cichlid Room Companion

• Genyochromis mento Trewavas, 1935 type species
  (see also Seegers, 1996)

• Gephyrochromis lawsi Fryer, 1957
• Gephyrochromis moorii Boulenger, 1901 type species (synonym Christyella nyasana Trewavas, 1935)

• Iodotropheus declivitas Stauffer, 1994 Note: Based on extensive observations of Iodotropheus populations in Lake Malawi, Konings (1995c: 90) believes that I. declivitas is a synonym of I. sprengerae.
• Iodotropheus sprengerae Oliver & Loiselle, 1972 type species (see also Stauffer, 1995) Dan McMonigle's article
• Iodotropheus stuartgranti Konings, 1990

• Labeotropheus fuelleborni Ahl, 1926 type species (synonym L. curvirostris Ahl, 1926)
• Labeotropheus trewavasae Fryer, 1956

key to some Labidochromis species

• Labidochromis caeruleus Fryer, 1956
• Labidochromis chisumulae Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis flavigulis Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis freibergi Johnson, 1974
• Labidochromis gigas Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis heterodon Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis ianthinus Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis lividus Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis maculicauda Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis mathotho Burgess & Axelrod, 1976
• Labidochromis mbenjii Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis mylodon Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis sp. "perlmutt"
• Labidochromis pallidus Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis shiranus Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis strigatus Lewis, 1982
• Labidochromis textilis Oliver, 1975
• Labidochromis vellicans Trewavas, 1935 type species
• Labidochromis zebroides Lewis, 1982

Note: Maylandia was originally proposed as a subgenus of Pseudotropheus. The gender of the name is feminine; some species names need to have their endings changed to agree.

See also Gallery of Miscellaneous Maylandia for some forms without formal scientific names

• Maylandia aurora (Burgess, 1976)
• Maylandia barlowi (McKaye & Stauffer, 1986)
• Maylandia benetos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia callainos (Stauffer & Hert, 1992) [redescribed by Stauffer et al. (1997)]
• Maylandia chrysomallos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia crabro (Ribbink & Lewis, 1982) [originally described as a Melanochromis; transferred to Pseudotropheus by Trewavas (1984a)]
• Maylandia cyneusmarginata (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997) Note 7
• Maylandia elegans (Trewavas, 1935)
• Maylandia emmiltos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia estherae (Konings, 1995)  
• Maylandia fainzilberi (Staeck, 1976)
• Maylandia flavifemina (Konings & Stauffer, 2006)
• Maylandia greshakei (Meyer & Foerster, 1984) type species [redescribed by Stauffer et al. (1997)]
• Maylandia hajomaylandi (Meyer & Schartl, 1984)
• Maylandia heteropicta (Staeck, 1980) [redescribed by Stauffer et al. (1997)]
• Maylandia lanisticola (Burgess, 1976)   [Trewavas (1984a) believed this species to be distinct from M. livingstonii, but Konings (1995c) believes it is a synonym of M. livingstonii]
• Maylandia livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899) [redescribed by Trewavas (1984a)]
• Maylandia lombardoi (Burgess, 1977)   Aquaria Central's notes by Bumper Moore
• Maylandia mbenjii (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia melabranchion (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia phaeos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia pursa (Stauffer, 1991)
• Maylandia pyrsonotos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia sandaracinos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia thapsinogen (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye, 1997)
• Maylandia xanstomachus (Stauffer & Boltz, 1989) [redescribed by Stauffer et al. (1997)]
• Maylandia zebra (Boulenger, 1899) [redescribed by Stauffer et al. (1997)]

Melanochromis The Beautiful Baddies From Lake Malawi, well-illustrated article by Paul Loiselle at Cichlid Room Companion

• Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897)   Cleared & stained specimen, showing skeleton; Aquaria Central's article by Mike McEwan
• Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• Melanochromis benetos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• Melanochromis brevis Trewavas, 1935
• Melanochromis chipokae Johnson, 1975
• Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• Melanochromis dialeptos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• Melanochromis elastodema Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer, 1993
• Melanochromis interruptus Johnson, 1975
• Melanochromis joanjohnsonae (Johnson, 1974) [synonym: M. exasperatus Burgess, 1976; see Lewis (1980)]
• Melanochromis johannii (Eccles, 1973)
• Melanochromis labrosus Trewavas, 1935
• Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• Melanochromis loriae Johnson, 1975
• Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935 type species
• Melanochromis mellitus Johnson, 1976
• Melanochromis parallelus Burgess & Axelrod, 1976
• Melanochromis perileucos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997
• [Melanochromis perspicax, see under Pseudotropheus]
• Melanochromis robustus Johnson, 1986
• Melanochromis simulans Eccles, 1973
• Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935
• Melanochromis xanthodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 [M. "blotch," in part, of Ribbink et al., 1983]

• Petrotilapia chrysos Stauffer & van Snik, 1996
• Petrotilapia genalutea Marsh, 1983
• Petrotilapia "gold eastern"
• Petrotilapia "likoma barred"
• Petrotilapia microgalana Ruffing, Lambert, & Stauffer, 2006  
• Petrotilapia "mumbo blue"
• Petrotilapia nigra Marsh, 1983
• Petrotilapia tridentiger Trewavas, 1935 type species
• Petrotilapia "yellow chin"

Note: Three subgenera have been described, but not all species in the genus have been assigned to a subgenus. The subgenus is indicated for each species when known. The subgenera are the following:

1. Pseudotropheus (Maylandia) Meyer & Foerster, 1984 [type species: P. greshakei Meyer & Foerster, 1984; now recognized as a separate genus (see Maylandia above). Metriaclima Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg, & McKaye (1997) is a synonym of Maylandia.]
2. Pseudotropheus (Pseudotropheus) Regan, 1922 [type species: P. williamsi (Günther, 1894)]
3. Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) Trewavas, 1984a (type species: P. tropheops Regan, 1922) - See Gallery of Pseudotropheus Subgenus Tropheops

• Pseudotropheus "acei"
• Pseudotropheus "aggressive brown"
• Pseudotropheus "aggressive gray"
• Pseudotropheus "aggressive gray head"
• Pseudotropheus "aggressive yellow fin"
• Pseudotropheus "aggressive yellow head"
• Pseudotropheus "aggressive zebra"
• Pseudotropheus ater Stauffer, 1988
• [Pseudotropheus aurora, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus barlowi, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus callainos, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus crabro, see under Maylandia]
• Pseudotropheus cyaneus Stauffer, 1988
• Pseudotropheus demasoni Konings, 1994 Breeding P. demasoni by Frederic Potvin   and   Pseudotropheus demasoni Konings 1994 by Mark Ludl (articles at Cichlid Room Companion)
• [Pseudotropheus elegans, see under Maylandia]
• Pseudotropheus elongatus Fryer, 1956   (see also Seegers, 1996)
  Gallery of Pseudotropheus Species Resembling P. elongatus
• [Pseudotropheus estherae, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus fainzilberi, see under Maylandia]
• Pseudotropheus flavus Stauffer, 1988
• Pseudotropheus fuscoides Fryer, 1956 [Ribbink et al. (1983: 194) suggested that this might prove to be synonymous with P. fuscus but provisionally retained both species; Konings (1995c: 84) considered P. fuscoides a synonym of P. fuscus.]
• Pseudotropheus fuscus Trewavas, 1935
• Pseudotropheus galanos Stauffer & Kellogg, 2002  
• Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) gracilior Trewavas, 1935
• [Pseudotropheus greshakei, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus hajomaylandi, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus heteropictus, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus lanisticola, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus livingstonii, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus lombardoi, see under Maylandia]
• Pseudotropheus longior Seegers, 1996
• Pseudotropheus lucerna Trewavas, 1935 
• Pseudotropheus lucerna "brown" 
• Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) macrophthalmus Ahl, 1926
• Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) microstoma Trewavas, 1935
• Pseudotropheus minutus Fryer, 1956
• Pseudotropheus modestus Johnson, 1974
• Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) novemfasciatus Regan, 1922
• Pseudotropheus perspicax (Trewavas, 1935) [originally described as a Melanochromis; transferred to Pseudotropheus by Ribbink et al. (1983: 194)]
• Pseudotropheus purpuratus Johnson, 1976
• [Pseudotropheus pursus, see under Maylandia]
• Pseudotropheus saulosi Konings, 1990
      Introducing Pseudotropheus saulosi Konings 1990, illustrated article by Ad Konings at Cichlid Room Companion
• Pseudotropheus socolofi Johnson, 1974
• Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) tropheops romandi Colombe, 1979
• Pseudotropheus (Tropheops) tropheops tropheops Regan, 1922
• Pseudotropheus tursiops Burgess & Axelrod, 1975 [should perhaps be transferred to Melanochromis, based on the horizontal stripes]
• Pseudotropheus (Pseudotropheus) williamsi (Günther, 1894) type species of genus and subgenus [redescribed by Trewavas (1984a)]
• [Pseudotropheus xanstomachus, see under Maylandia]
• [Pseudotropheus zebra, see under Maylandia]
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