• Aulonocara baenschi Meyer & Riehl, 1985
• Aulonocara ethelwynnae Meyer, Riehl, & Zetzsche, 1987
• Aulonocara hansbaenschi Meyer, Riehl, & Zetzsche, 1987 (probably a synonym of A. stuartgranti)
• Aulonocara hueseri Meyer, Riehl, & Zetzsche, 1987
• Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (Johnson, 1974)
• Aulonocara koningsi Tawil, 2003     Jump to article and photo at Cichlid Press
• Aulonocara korneliae Meyer, Riehl, & Zetzsche, 1987
• Aulonocara maylandi maylandi Trewavas, 1984
• Aulonocara maylandi kandeensis Tawil & Allgayer, 1987
• Aulonocara saulosi Meyer, Riehl, & Zetzsche, 1987
• Aulonocara steveni Meyer, Riehl, & Zetzsche, 1987 (probably a synonym of A. stuartgranti)
• Aulonocara stuartgranti Meyer & Riehl, 1985 Jump to article and photos by Stéphane Thiell on what is probably this species
• Aulonocara sp. "stuartgranti maleri"

• Aulonocara auditor (Trewavas, 1935)
• Aulonocara brevirostre (Trewavas, 1935)
• Aulonocara trematocephalum (Boulenger, 1901)

• Buccochromis atritaeniatus (Regan, 1922)
• Buccochromis heterotaenia (Trewavas, 1935)
• Buccochromis lepturus (Regan, 1922)
• Buccochromis nototaenia (Boulenger, 1902) type species
• Buccochromis oculatus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Buccochromis rhoadesii (Boulenger, 1908)
• Buccochromis spectabilis (Trewavas, 1935)

• Caprichromis liemi (McKaye & Mackenzie, 1982)
• Caprichromis orthognathus (Trewavas, 1935) type species

• Champsochromis caeruleus (Boulenger, 1908) type species
• Champsochromis spilorhynchus (Regan, 1922)

• Cheilochromis euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) type species

• Chilotilapia rhoadesii Boulenger, 1908 type species

Note: Several species formerly classified in Copadichromis are now assigned to Mchenga

• Copadichromis atripinnis Stauffer & Sato, 2002

• Copadichromis azureus Konings, 1990

• Copadichromis boadzulu (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis borleyi (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis chizumuluensis Stauffer & Konings, 2006

• Copadichromis chrysonotus (Boulenger, 1908)

• Copadichromis cyaneus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Copadichromis cyanocephalus Stauffer & Konings, 2006

• Copadichromis diplostigma Stauffer & Konings, 2006

• Copadichromis geertsi Konings, 1999

• Copadichromis ilesi Konings, 1999

• Copadichromis insularis Stauffer & Konings, 2006

• Copadichromis jacksoni (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis likomae (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis melas Stauffer & Konings, 2006

• Copadichromis mbenjii Konings, 1990

• Copadichromis mloto (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis nkatae (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis parvus Stauffer & Konings, 2006

• Copadichromis pleurostigma (Trewavas, 1935)

• Copadichromis pleurostigmoides (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis prostoma (Trewavas, 1935)

• Copadichromis quadrimaculatus (Regan, 1922) type species

• Copadichromis trewavasae Konings, 1999

• Copadichromis trimaculatus (Iles, 1960)

• Copadichromis verduyni Konings, 1990

• Copadichromis virginalis (Iles, 1960)

• Corematodus shiranus Boulenger, 1897 type species

• Corematodus taeniatus Trewavas, 1935

• Ctenopharynx intermedius (Günther, 1864) type species
• Ctenopharynx nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Ctenopharynx pictus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Cyrtocara moorii Boulenger, 1902 type species   Caudal skeleton

  Jump to article and photos by Jessica Miller at The Cichlid Room Companion

• Dimidiochromis compressiceps (Boulenger, 1908)
• Dimidiochromis dimidiatus (Günther, 1864)
• Dimidiochromis kiwinge (Ahl, 1926)
• Dimidiochromis strigatus (Regan, 1922) type species

• Diplotaxodon aeneus Turner & Stauffer, 1998
• Diplotaxodon apogon Turner & Stauffer, 1998
• Diplotaxodon argenteus Trewavas, 1935 type species
• Diplotaxodon ecclesi Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (redescribed by Turner & Stauffer, 1998)
• Diplotaxodon greenwoodi Stauffer & McKaye, 1986
• Diplotaxodon limnothrissa Turner, 1994
• Diplotaxodon macrops Turner & Stauffer, 1998
• Diplotaxodon sp. 1

• Docimodus evelynae Eccles & Lewis, 1976
• Docimodus johnstonii Boulenger, 1897 type species

• Eclectochromis festivus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Eclectochromis lobochilus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Eclectochromis ornatus (Regan, 1922) type species

• Exochochromis anagenys Oliver, 1989 type species  Lower pharyngeal bone

• Fossorochromis rostratus (Boulenger, 1899) type species
  [junior subjective synonym: Haplochromis macrorhynchus Regan, 1922]

• Hemitaeniochromis urotaenia (Regan, 1922) type species

• Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1902 type species

• Lethrinops albus Regan, 1922

• Lethrinops altus Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops argenteus Ahl, 1926

• Lethrinops auritus (Regan, 1922)

• Lethrinops christyi Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops "deep-water albus"

• Lethrinops furcifer Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops gossei Burgess & Axelrod, 1973

• Lethrinops leptodon Regan, 1922

• Lethrinops lethrinus (Günther, 1894) type species

• Lethrinops longimanus Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops longipinnis Eccles & Lewis, 1978

• Lethrinops lunaris Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops macracanthus Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops macrochir (Regan, 1922)

• Lethrinops macrophthalmus (Boulenger, 1908)

• Lethrinops marginatus Ahl, 1926

• Lethrinops micrentodon (Regan, 1922)

• Lethrinops "micrentodon Makokola"

• Lethrinops microdon Eccles & Lewis, 1977

• Lethrinops microstoma Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops mylodon mylodon Eccles & Lewis, 1979

• Lethrinops mylodon borealis Eccles & Lewis, 1979

• Lethrinops oculatus Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops "oliveri"

• Lethrinops parvidens Trewavas, 1931

• Lethrinops stridei Eccles & Lewis, 1977

• Lethrinops turneri Ngatunga & Snoeks, 2003

• Lethrinops "yellow chin"

• Lethrinops sp. A

• Lethrinops sp. B

• Lethrinops sp. C

• Lichnochromis acuticeps Trewavas, 1935 type species

(Junior subjective synonym of Mylochromis Regan, 1920, which see)

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• Mchenga conophoros (Stauffer, LoVullo, & McKaye, 1993)   Note 1

• Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo, & McKaye, 1993) type species

• Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)

• Mchenga flavimanus (Iles, 1960)

• Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908)

• Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo, & McKaye, 1993)

(Mylochromis Regan, 1920 is the senior subjective synonym of Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989; see Derijst & Snoeks, 1992)

• Mylochromis anaphyrmus (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)

• Mylochromis balteatus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis chekopae Turner & Howarth, 2001

• Mylochromis ensatus Turner & Howarth, 2001

• Mylochromis epichorialis (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis ericotaenia (Regan, 1922)

• Mylochromis formosus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis guentheri (Regan, 1922)

• Mylochromis incola (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis labidodon (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther, 1864) type species

• Mylochromis melanotaenia (Regan, 1922)

• Mylochromis mola (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis obtusus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis plagiotaenia (Regan, 1922)

• Mylochromis semipalatus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Mylochromis sphaerodon (Regan, 1922)

• Naevochromis chrysogaster (Trewavas, 1935) type species

  Cladogram

• Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus (Regan, 1922)

• Nimbochromis linni (Burgess & Axelrod, 1974)

• Nimbochromis livingstonii (Günther, 1894) type species

• Nimbochromis maculimanus (Regan, 1922) (probably a synonym of N. polystigma)

• Nimbochromis pardalis (Trewavas, 1935)

• Nimbochromis polystigma (Regan, 1922)

• Nimbochromis venustus (Boulenger, 1908)   Upper gill arch elements Visit article by A.D. Davis with breeding information

• Nyassachromis breviceps (Regan, 1922) type species

• Nyassachromis leuciscus (Regan, 1922)

• Nyassachromis microcephalus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Nyassachromis nigritaeniatus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Nyassachromis purpurans (Trewavas, 1935)

• Nyassachromis serenus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Otopharynx antron Cleaver, Konings, & Stauffer, 2009  
• Otopharynx argyrosoma (Regan, 1922)
• Otopharynx auromarginatus (Boulenger, 1908) type species
• Otopharynx brooksi Oliver, 1989
• Otopharynx decorus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Otopharynx heterodon (Trewavas, 1935)
• Otopharynx lithobates Oliver, 1989   Spawning videos   Jaws and suspensorium
• Otopharynx ovatus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Otopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001 (O. "rubber lips")
• Otopharynx selenurus Regan, 1922   See Konings' photo
• Otopharynx speciosus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Otopharynx spelaeotes Cleaver, Konings, & Stauffer, 2009  
• Otopharynx tetraspilus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Otopharynx tetrastigma (Günther, 1894)
• (Otopharynx walteri Konings, 1990, synonym of O. lithobates)

• Pallidochromis tokolosh Turner, 1994 type species

• Placidochromis acuticeps Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis acutirostris Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis argyrogaster Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis boops Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis borealis Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis chilolae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis communis Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis domirae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis ecclesi Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis electra (Burgess, 1979) See Konings' underwater photo

• Placidochromis elongatus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis fuscus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis hennydaviesae (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)

• Placidochromis intermedius Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis johnstoni (Günther, 1894)

• Placidochromis koningsi Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis lineatus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis longimanus (Trewavas, 1935) type species

• Placidochromis longirostris Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis longus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis lukomae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis macroceps Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis macrognathus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis mbunoides Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis milomo Oliver, 1989   Neurocranium

• Placidochromis minor Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis minutus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis msakae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis nigribarbis Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis nkhatae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis nkhotakotae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis obscurus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis ordinarius Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis orthognathus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis pallidus Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis phenochilus (Trewavas, 1935)   Note 2 on the generic assignment Ad Konings's article "The Blue Sanddwellers" with photo of P. phenochilus

• Placidochromis platyrhynchos Hanssens, 2004   Photos of live individual by Patrick Tawil at Philippe Burnel's site

• Placidochromis polli (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)

• Placidochromis rotundifrons Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis "silver blotch" — A mystery cichlid (possibly a form of P. phenochilus)

• Placidochromis stonemani (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)

• Placidochromis subocularis (Günther, 1894)

• Placidochromis trewavasae Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis turneri Hanssens, 2004

• Placidochromis vulgaris Hanssens, 2004

• Platygnathochromis melanonotus (Regan, 1922) type species

• Protomelas annectens (Regan, 1922)

• Protomelas dejunctus Stauffer, 1993

• Protomelas fenestratus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas insignis (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas kirkii (Günther, 1894) type species

• Protomelas labridens (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas macrodon Eccles, 1989

• Protomelas marginatus marginatus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas marginatus vuae (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas pleurotaenia (Boulenger, 1901)

• Protomelas similis (Regan, 1922)

• Protomelas spilonotus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas spilopterus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas sp. "steveni taiwan"

• Protomelas taeniolatus (Trewavas, 1935) "Red Empress"

• Protomelas triaenodon (Trewavas, 1935)

• Protomelas virgatus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Rhamphochromis brevis Trewavas, 1935

• Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger, 1908)

• Rhamphochromis ferox Regan, 1922

• Rhamphochromis leptosoma Regan, 1922

• Rhamphochromis longiceps (Günther, 1864) type species

• Rhamphochromis lucius Ahl, 1926

• Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus Regan, 1922

• Rhamphochromis woodi Regan, 1922

[Genus revised by Konings (1993), who excluded S. gracilis and S. spilostichus, reassigning them to Mylochromis near Mylochromis formosus. M.K. Oliver continues to consider those two predatory species with prominent, short premaxillary ascending processes ("pedicels") as belonging in Sciaenochromis, even with the revised concept of the type species S. ahli advocated by Konings (1993). See photos of fishes tentatively identified as S. gracilis and S. spilostichus (links in the list below).]

• Sciaenochromis ahli (Trewavas, 1935) type species

• Sciaenochromis benthicola Konings, 1993

• Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993   Article at Cichlid Room Companion on S. fryeri with breeding information, by David Felix

• Sciaenochromis gracilis (Trewavas, 1935)

• Sciaenochromis psammophilus Konings, 1993

• Sciaenochromis spilostichus (Trewavas, 1935)

• Stigmatochromis modestus (Günther, 1894)
• Stigmatochromis pholidophorus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Stigmatochromis pleurospilus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Stigmatochromis woodi (Regan, 1922) type species

• Taeniochromis holotaenia (Regan, 1922) type species

• Taeniolethrinops cyrtonotus (Trewavas, 1931)
• Taeniolethrinops furcicauda (Trewavas, 1931)
• Taeniolethrinops laticeps (Trewavas, 1931)
• Taeniolethrinops praeorbitalis (Regan, 1922) type species

• Tramitichromis brevis (Boulenger, 1908) type species

• Tramitichromis intermedius (Trewavas, 1935)

• Tramitichromis lituris (Trewavas, 1931)

• Tramitichromis trilineatus (Trewavas, 1931)

• Tramitichromis variabilis (Trewavas, 1931)

• Trematocranus labifer (Trewavas, 1935)
• Trematocranus microstoma Trewavas, 1935 type species
• Trematocranus placodon (Regan, 1922)

• Tyrannochromis macrostoma (Regan, 1922) type species

• Tyrannochromis maculiceps (Ahl, 1926)

• Tyrannochromis nigriventer Eccles, 1989

• Tyrannochromis polyodon (Trewavas, 1935)

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