Cynotilapia
# Cynotilapia

Cynotilapia is a genus of haplochromine cichlids. All fishes in these genus form part of the mbuna flock, the rock-dwelling fishes of Lake Malawi, in the rift valley of East Africa. All species are polygamous, maternal, ovophile mouthbrooders and carry their fry in this fashion for about 20–30 days.

## Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus, although some authorities recognise 5:

* Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1894)
* Cynotilapia aurifrons (Tawil, 2011)
* Cynotilapia axelrodi W. E. Burgess, 1976
* Cynotilapia chilundu Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
* Cynotilapia zebroides (D. S. Johnson, 1975)

FishBase places C. aurifroms and C. zebroides in the genus Microchromis.

