Cichlid profiles

The Cichlid Room Companion aims to offer information about every cichlid species that exist, but resources are very limited. This information has been slowly being introduced to the page and at the moment there already are 294 species with full information that make the need of a page listing them necessary. The information provided for each species has been graciously provided by some of the top cichlid specialist in the world.


Species

Curator

Altolamprologus calvus (Poll, 1978) Thomas Andersen
Altolamprologus compressiceps (Boulenger, 1898) Thomas Andersen
Altolamprologus fasciatus (Boulenger, 1898) Thomas Andersen
Amphilophus amarillo Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 Willem Heijns
Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther, 1864) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Amphilophus nourissati (Allgayer, 1989) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Amphilophus sagittae Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 Willem Heijns
Amphilophus xiloaensis Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 Willem Heijns
Amphilophus zaliosus (Barlow, 1976) Willem Heijns
Apistogramma agassizii (Steindachner, 1875) Mike Wise
Apistogramma baenschi Römer, 2004 Oliver Lucanus
Apistogramma barlowi Römer & Hahn, 2008 Mike Wise
Apistogramma erythrura Staeck & Schindler, 2008 Mike Wise
Apistogramma juruensis Kullander, 1986 Mike Wise
Apistogramma macmasteri Kullander, 1979 Mike Wise
Apistogramma sp. 'black chin' Mike Wise
Apistogramma sp. 'papagei' Mike Wise
Apistogramma sp. 'wilhelmi' Mike Wise
Apistogramma trifasciata (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903) Mike Wise
Apistogramma viejita Kullander, 1979 Mike Wise
Apistogramma wapisana Römer, Hahn & Conrad, 2006 Mike Wise
Aristochromis christyi Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Asprotilapia leptura Boulenger, 1901 Thomas Andersen
Astatoreochromis alluaudi Pellegrin, 1904 Greg Steeves
Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894) Ad Konings
Aulonocara aquilonium Konings, 1995 Ad Konings
Aulonocara auditor (Trewavas, 1935) Ad Konings
Aulonocara baenschi Meyer & Riehl, 1985 Ad Konings
Aulonocara brevinidus Konings, 1995 Ad Konings
Aulonocara ethelwynnae Meyer, 1987 Ad Konings
Aulonocara gertrudae Konings, 1995 Ad Konings
Aulonocara guentheri Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 Ad Konings
Aulonocara hueseri Meyer, 1987 Ad Konings
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (Johnson, 1974) Ad Konings
Aulonocara kandeense (Tawil & Allgayer, 1988) Ad Konings
Aulonocara koningsi Tawil, 2003 Ad Konings
Aulonocara korneliae Meyer, 1987 Ad Konings
Aulonocara maylandi Trewavas, 1984 Ad Konings
Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922 Ad Konings
Aulonocara rostratum Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Aulonocara saulosi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'chitande type kande' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'chitande type masinje' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'chitande type mozambique' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'chitande type nkhomo' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'chitande type north' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'jalo' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'lwanda' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'nyassae mumbo' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'pyramid' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'stuartgranti maleri' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'trematocranus masinje' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'walteri' Ad Konings
Aulonocara sp. 'yellow collar' Ad Konings
Aulonocara stonemani (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) Ad Konings
Aulonocara stuartgranti Meyer & Riehl, 1985 Ad Konings
Aulonocara trematocephalum (Boulenger, 1901) Ad Konings
Australoheros kaaygua Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006
Australoheros ribeirae Ottoni, Oyakawa & Costa, 2008
Bathybates fasciatus Boulenger, 1901 Mark Smith
Bathybates ferox Boulenger, 1898 Mark Smith
Bathybates minor Boulenger, 1906 Mark Smith
Benitochromis batesii (Boulenger, 1901) Anton Lamboj
Benitochromis conjunctus Lamboj, 2001 Anton Lamboj
Benitochromis finleyi (Trewavas, 1974) Anton Lamboj
Benitochromis nigrodorsalis Lamboj, 2001 Anton Lamboj
Benitochromis riomuniensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1981) Anton Lamboj
Benitochromis ufermanni Lamboj, 2001 Anton Lamboj
Benthochromis horii Takahashi, 2008 Thomas Andersen
Biotodoma wavrini (Gosse, 1963) Radek Bednarczuk
Boulengerochromis microlepis (Boulenger, 1899) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Callochromis macrops (Boulenger, 1898) Thomas Andersen
Caprichromis liemi (Mckaye & Mackenzie, 1982) Ad Konings
Caprichromis orthognathus (Trewavas, 1935) Ad Konings
Cardiopharynx schoutedeni Poll, 1942 Thomas Andersen
Champsochromis caeruleus (Boulenger, 1908) Ad Konings
Champsochromis spilorhynchus (Regan, 1922) Ad Konings
Chilotilapia euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) Ad Konings
Chilotilapia rhoadesii Boulenger, 1908 Ad Konings
Chromidotilapia cavalliensis (Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971) Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia elongata Lamboj, 1999 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882) Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia guntheri loennbergii Trewavas, 1962 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia linkei Staeck, 1980 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia mamonekenei Lamboj, 1999 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia melaniae Lamboj, 2003 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia mrac Lamboj, 2002 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia nana Lamboj, 2003 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia regani Pellegrin, 1906 Anton Lamboj
Chromidotilapia schoutedeni (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967) Anton Lamboj
Cichla jariina Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla melaniae Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla mirianae Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla pinima Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla piquiti Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla pleiozona Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla thyrorus Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Cichla vazzoleri Kullander & Ferreira, 2006
Congochromis dimidiatus (Pellegrin, 1900) Anton Lamboj
Congochromis pugnatus Stiassny & Schliewen, 2007 Anton Lamboj
Congochromis sabinae (Lamboj, 2005) Anton Lamboj
Congochromis squamiceps (Boulenger, 1902) Anton Lamboj
Corematodus shiranus Boulenger, 1897 Ad Konings
Corematodus taeniatus Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Crenicichla yaha Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006
Cryptoheros spilurus (Günther, 1862) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Ctenochromis luluae (Fowler, 1930) Rico Morgenstern
Ctenochromis oligacanthus (Regan, 1922) Rico Morgenstern
Ctenochromis pectoralis Pfeffer, 1893 Rico Morgenstern
Ctenochromis polli Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1964 Rico Morgenstern
Ctenopharynx intermedius Günther, 1864 Ad Konings
Ctenopharynx nitidus Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Ctenopharynx pictus (Trewavas, 1935) Ad Konings
Cyathochromis obliquidens Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Cyprichromis coloratus Takahashi & Hori, 2006 Thomas Andersen
Cyprichromis leptosoma (Boulenger, 1898) Thomas Andersen
Cyprichromis microlepidotus (Poll, 1956) Thomas Andersen
Cyprichromis pavo Büscher, 1994 Thomas Andersen
Cyprichromis sp. 'leptosoma jumbo' Thomas Andersen
Cyprichromis zonatus Takahashi, 2002 Thomas Andersen
Cyrtocara moorii Boulenger, 1902 Ad Konings
Dicrossus gladicauda Schindler & Staeck, 2008
Dimidiochromis compressiceps (Boulenger, 1908) Ad Konings
Divandu albimarginatus Lamboj & Snoeks, 2000 Anton Lamboj
Enterochromis sp. 'red back scraper' Greg Steeves
Etia nguti Schliewen & Stiassny, 2003 Oliver Lucanus
Geophagus gottwaldi Schindler & Staeck, 2006
Geophagus parnaibae Staeck & Schindler, 2006
Grammatotria lemairii Boulenger, 1899 Thomas Andersen
Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis Staeck, 2006 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Haplochromis vonlinnei van Oijen & Zeeuw, 2008
Harpagochromis sp. 'golden duck' Greg Steeves
Hemibates sp. 'stenosoma zambia' Mark Smith
Herichthys bartoni (Bean, 1892) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Herichthys carpintis (Jordan & Snyder, 1899) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Herichthys labridens (Pellegrin, 1903) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Herichthys sp. 'white labridens' Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Herichthys steindachneri (Jordan & Snyder, 1899) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Herichthys tamasopoensis Artigas Azas, 1993 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Hoplarchus psittacus (Heckel, 1840) Wayne Leibel
Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel, 1840) Lee Newman
Julidochromis dickfeldi Staeck, 1975 Pam Chin
Julidochromis marlieri Poll, 1956 Pam Chin
Julidochromis ornatus Boulenger, 1898 Pam Chin
Julidochromis regani Poll, 1942 Pam Chin
Julidochromis transcriptus Matthes, 1959 Pam Chin
Katria katria (Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997)
Laetacara fulvipinnis Staeck & Schindler, 2007
Lamprologus meleagris Büscher, 1991 Lisa Boorman
Lamprologus stappersi Pellegrin, 1927 Mark Smith
Lepidiolamprologus mimicus Schelly, Takahashi, Bills & Hori, 2007
Limbochromis robertsi (Thys van den Audenaerde & Loiselle, 1971) Anton Lamboj
Mbipia lutea Seehausen & Bouton, 1998 Greg Steeves
Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897) Ad Konings
Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 Ad Konings
Melanochromis brevis Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Melanochromis chipokae Johnson, 1975 Ad Konings
Melanochromis dialeptos Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 Ad Konings
Melanochromis heterochromis Bowers & Stauffer, 1993 Ad Konings
Melanochromis labrosus Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 Ad Konings
Melanochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Melanochromis parallelus Burgess & Axelrod, 1976 Ad Konings
Melanochromis simulans Eccles, 1973 Ad Konings
Melanochromis sp. 'auratus elongate' Ad Konings
Melanochromis sp. 'blue' Ad Konings
Melanochromis sp. 'dialeptos blue' Ad Konings
Melanochromis sp. 'northern blue' Ad Konings
Melanochromis sp. 'robustus mbenji' Ad Konings
Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935 Ad Konings
Metriaclima flavifemina Konings & Stauffer, 2006
Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (Haseman, 1911) Lee Newman
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948) Lee Newman
Nanochromis consortus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis minor Roberts & Stewart, 1976 Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis nudiceps (Boulenger, 1899) Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis parilus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis splendens Roberts & Stewart, 1976 Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis teugelsi Lamboj & Schelly, 2006 Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis transvestitus Stewart & Roberts, 1984 Anton Lamboj
Nanochromis wickleri Schliewen & Stiassny, 2006 Anton Lamboj
Neolamprologus chitamwebwai Verburg & Bills, 2007
Neolamprologus walteri Verburg & Bills, 2007 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes, 1962) Thomas Andersen
Orthochromis kalungwishiensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis kasuluensis DeVos & Seegers, 1988 Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis luichensis DeVos & Seegers, 1988 Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis luongoensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis machadoi (Poll, 1967) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis malagaraziensis (David, 1937) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis mazimeroensis DeVos & Seegers, 1998 Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis mosoensis DeVos & Seegers, 1998 Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis polyacanthus (Boulenger, 1899) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis rubrolabialis DeVos & Seegers, 1998 Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis rugufuensis DeVos & Seegers, 1998 Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis stormsi (Boulenger, 1902) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis torrenticola (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1963) Rico Morgenstern
Orthochromis uvinzae DeVos & Seegers, 1998 Rico Morgenstern
Otopharynx brooksi Oliver, 1989 Michael K. Oliver
Oxylapia polli Kiener & Mauge, 1966 Oliver Lucanus
Parachromis dovii (Günther, 1864) Willem Heijns
Paracyprichromis brieni (Poll, 1981) Thomas Andersen
Paracyprichromis nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1901) Thomas Andersen
Parananochromis axelrodi Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003 Anton Lamboj
Parananochromis brevirostris Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003 Anton Lamboj
Parananochromis caudifasciatus (Boulenger, 1913) Anton Lamboj
Parananochromis gabonicus (Trewavas, 1975) Anton Lamboj
Parananochromis longirostris (Boulenger, 1903) Anton Lamboj
Parananochromis ornatus Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003 Anton Lamboj
Parananochromis sp. 'sanaga' Anton Lamboj
Paraneetroplus bulleri Regan, 1905 Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Paratheraps synspilus (Hubbs, 1935) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Paretroplus damii Bleeker, 1868 Patrick de Rham
Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis Sparks, 2008
Paretroplus lamenabe Sparks, 2008
Pelvicachromis humilis (Boulenger, 1916) Ted Judy
Pelvicachromis pulcher (Boulenger, 1901) Ted Judy
Pelvicachromis roloffi (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968) Ted Judy
Pelvicachromis signatus Lamboj, 2004 Ted Judy
Petrotilapia microgalana Ruffing, Lambert & Stauffer, 2006
Placidochromis milomo Oliver, 1989 Michael K. Oliver
Platytaeniodus degeni Boulenger, 1906 Greg Steeves
Platytaeniodus sp. 'red tail sheller' Greg Steeves
Plecodus multidentatus Poll, 1952 Mark Smith
Prognathochromis sp. 'two stripes'
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor Schoeller, 1903 Rico Morgenstern
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae Seegers, 1990 Rico Morgenstern
Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi (Pellegrin, 1928) Rico Morgenstern
Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber, 1897) Rico Morgenstern
Pseudocrenilabrus philander dispersus (Trewavas, 1938) Rico Morgenstern
Pseudocrenilabrus philander luebberti (Hilgendorf, 1902) Rico Morgenstern
Pseudocrenilabrus sp. 'ruaha' Rico Morgenstern
Pterophyllum leopoldi (Gosse, 1963) Lee Newman
Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823) Lisa Boorman
Ptychochromis curvidens Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Ptychochromis inornatus Sparks, 2002
Ptychochromis insolitus Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Ptychochromis loisellei Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Ptychochromis makira Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Ptychochromis onilahy Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Pundamilia igneopinnis Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998 Greg Steeves
Pundamilia nyererei (Witte-Maas & Witte, 1985) Greg Steeves
Pundamilia pundamilia Bouton & Zwennes, 1998 Greg Steeves
Pundamilia sp. 'red head zue island' Greg Steeves
Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Sarotherodon sp. 'mud feeder' Anton Lamboj
Satanoperca acuticeps (Heckel, 1840) Lee Newman
Satanoperca daemon (Heckel, 1840) Radek Bednarczuk
Satanoperca jurupari (Heckel, 1840) Radek Bednarczuk
Satanoperca leucosticta (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Radek Bednarczuk
Serranochromis angusticeps (Boulenger, 1907) Mark Smith
Simochromis pleurospilus Nelissen, 1978 Mark Smith
Steatocranus bleheri Meyer, 1993 Anton Lamboj
Steatocranus sp. 'red eye' Anton Lamboj
Steatocranus sp. 'square head' Anton Lamboj
Stomatepia mongo Trewavas, 1972 Mark Smith
Tanganicodus irsacae Poll, 1950 Patrick Tawil
Teleogramma brichardi Poll, 1959 Anton Lamboj
Teleogramma depressum Roberts & Stewart, 1976 Anton Lamboj
Teleogramma gracile Boulenger, 1899 Anton Lamboj
Teleogramma monogramma (Pellegrin, 1927) Anton Lamboj
Thoracochromis albolabris (Trewavas & Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1969) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis bakongo (Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1964) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis brauschi (Poll & Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1965) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis buysi (Penrith, 1970) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis callichromus (Poll, 1948) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis demeusii (Boulenger, 1899) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis fasciatus (Perugia, 1892) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis loati (Greenwood, 1971) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis lucullae (Boulenger, 1913) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis macconneli (Greenwood, 1974) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis rudolfianus (Trewavas, 1933) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis schwetzi (Poll, 1967) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis stigmatogenys (Boulenger, 1913) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis turkanae (Greenwood, 1974) Rico Morgenstern
Thoracochromis wingatii (Boulenger, 1902) Rico Morgenstern
Thorichthys callolepis (Regan, 1904) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Thorichthys pasionis (Rivas, 1962) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Thorichthys socolofi (Miller & Taylor, 1984) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Thysochromis annectens (Regan, 1913) Anton Lamboj
Thysochromis ansorgii (Boulenger, 1901) Anton Lamboj
Trematocara stigmaticum Poll, 1943 Mark Smith
Uaru fernandezyepezi Stawikowski, 1989 Oliver Lucanus
Xenotilapia burtoni Poll, 1951 Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia longispinis Poll, 1951 Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia nigrolabiata Poll, 1951 Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia papilio Büscher, 1990 Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia singularis (Boulenger, 1914) Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia sp. 'flourescent green' Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia sp. 'papilio katete' Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia sp. 'papilio sunflower' Thomas Andersen
Xenotilapia spiloptera Poll & Stewart, 1975 Thomas Andersen

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