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caeruleus, Champsochromis
caeruleus, Labidochromis
callainos, Maylandia
calliptera, Astatotilapia
calliptera, Astatotilapia (as putative ancestor of Malawi haplochromines)
Caprichromis
castelnaui, Marcusenius, see Pollimyrus castelnaui
castelnaui, Pollimyrus
catfishes, see specific families in table
"catlets," see Amphiliidae
"catlet, Chobe sand" (Zaireichthys cf. dorae), see under Zaireichthys cf. rotundiceps
"catlet, rock," see Chiloglanis neumanni
"catlet, spotted sand," see Zaireichthys cf. rotundiceps
catostoma, Petrocephalus
caudal skeleton, cichlid
"chamaeleo," Pseudotropheus, see Maylandia crabro
Champsochromis
characins (Alestiidae) of Lake Malawi
Chat room
checklists of Lake Malawi fishes in Acrobat format
checklist of Lake Malawi "Haps" - by genus & species or by color pattern
checklist of mbuna species by genus & species
checklist of noncichlid fishes of Lake Malawi
Cheilochromis
chekopae, Mylochromis
chemistry of Lakes Malawi, Tanganyika, and Victoria
"chikasu," see Barbus eurystomus
Chiloglanis
chilolae, Placidochromis
Chilotilapia
"chimwamapumba," see Bathyclarias foveolatus
"chimwe," see Barbus johnstonii
chipokae, Melanochromis
chisumulae, Labidochromis
"chisumulu johannii," Melanochromis, see M. elastodema
chizumuluensis, Copadichromis
Christyella (synonym of Gephyrochromis)
christyi, Aristochromis
christyi, Lethrinops
chrysogaster, Naevochromis
chrysomallos, Maylandia
chrysonotus, Copadichromis
chrysos, Petrotilapia
"Churchill," see Petrocephalus catostoma
cichlid, what is a?
cladistic analysis of Malawi cichlids, difficulties
cladogram of Nimbochromis and putative relatives
Clarias
Clariidae of Lake Malawi
classification philosophy and Malawi cichlids
cleared and stained cichlid
"cobalt zebra," see Maylandia callainos
color pattern, describing
Columbia (space shuttle)
communis, Placidochromis
compressiceps, Dimidiochromis
conophoros, Copadichromis, see Mchenga conophoros
conophoros, Mchenga
Copadichromis
Coptodon (subgenus of Tilapia)
Corematodus
"Cornish Jack," see Mormyrops anguilloides
crabro, Maylandia
Ctenopharynx
curvirostris, Labeotropheus (synonym of L. fuelleborni)
cyaneorhabdos, Melanochromis
cyaneus, Copadichromis
cyaneus, Pseudotropheus
cyanocephalus, Copadichromis
Cyathochromis
cyclicos, Copadichromis, see Mchenga cyclicos
cyclicos, Mchenga
cylindricus, Labeo
cyneusmarginata, Maylandia
Cynotilapia
Cynotilapia afra (white dorsal fin)
Cynotilapia sp. "black dorsal"
Cynotilapia sp. "chinyankwazi"
Cynotilapia sp. "lion"
Cynotilapia sp. "mbamba"
Cynotilapia sp. "yellow dorsal"
Cyprinidae of Lake Malawi
Cyrtocara
cyrtonotus, Taeniolethrinops

"Damphila," see Champsochromis caeruleus
declivitas, Iodotropheus
decorus, Otopharynx
"deep-water albus," Lethrinops
"deep-water Hap," see Placidochromis electra
dejunctus, Protomelas
deliciosus, Mormyrops, see Mormyrops anguilloides
demasoni, Pseudotropheus
dialeptos, Melanochromis
Did you know? Lake Malawi fact of the day
dimidiatus, Dimidiochromis
Dimidiochromis
Dinotopteroides (subgenus of Clarias), see Clarias ngamensis
Dinotopterus, see Bathyclarias
diplostigma, Copadichromis
Diplotaxodon
discorhynchus, Hippopotamyrus
DNA studies and classification of cichlids
Docimodus
"dolphin, Malawi," see Cyrtocara moorii
domirae, Placidochromis
dorae, Leptoglanis cf., see under Leptoglanis cf. rotundiceps
Download: Checklists of Lake Malawi's fishes
Download: Trewavas's "Synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa" (1935)
"Dumphila," see Champsochromis caeruleus
"dwarf auratus," see Melanochromis dialeptos
"dwarf sanjika," see Opsaridium tweddleorum
"dwarf stonebasher," see Pollimyrus castelnaui

Last Update: 28 July 2006 Web Author: M. K. Oliver, Ph.D. Copyright © 1997-2008 by M. K. Oliver - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED