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CICHLIDS of theMALERIIslands Mylochromis lateristriga Nimbochromis polystigma Protomelas sp. ‘oxyrhynchus mix’ Champsochromis caeruleus Dimidiochromis compressiceps Oreochromis squamipinnis Protomelas kirkii Protomelas similis Protomelas labridens Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus Tilapia rendalli Cyathochromis obliquidens Astatotilapia calliptera Rhamphochromis longiceps Serranochromis robustus Rhamphochromis esox Mylochromis sphaerodon Protomelas insignis Mylochromis mola Chilotilapia rhoadesii Dimidiochromis kiwinge Mylochromis anaphyrmus Stigmatochromis woodii Mylochromis melanonotus Pseudotropheus livingstonii Fossorochromis rostratus Metriaclima lanisticola Taeniolethrinops laticeps Trematocranus placodon Protomelas annectens Petrotilapia genalutea Oreochromis karongae Chilotilapia euchilus Oreochromis shiranus Copadichromis sp. ‘pictus maleri’ Corematodus taeniatus Tramitichromis brevis Tyrannochromis macrostoma Nimbochromis livingstonii Copadichromis insularis Protomelas fenestratus Protomelas ornatus Tropheops sp. ‘maleri yellow’ Mylochromis labidodon Caprichromis orthognathus Copadichromis atripinnis Melanochromis melanopterus Mylochromis incola Metriaclima sp. ‘patricki’ Metriaclima flavifemina Pseudotropheus sp. ‘burrower’ Mylochromis formosus Metriaclima barlowi Sciaenochromis sp. ‘nyassae’ Aulonocara sp. ‘stuartgranti maleri’ Tropheops sp. ‘maleri blue’ Pseudotropheus purpuratus Labidochromis vellicans Labeotropheus fuelleborni Metriaclima xanstomachus Pseudotropheus sp. ‘williamsi maleri’ Petrotilapia sp. ‘yellow chin’ Aristochromis christyi Protomelas spilonotus Protomelas taeniolatus Metriaclima sp. Metriaclima callainos Metriaclima zebra Metriaclima pyrsonotos ‘aggressive grey head’ Tropheops sp. ‘lilac’ Mylochromis epichorialis Docimodus evelynae Melanochromis heterochromis Otopharynx ovatus Petrotilapia sp. ‘fuscous’ Copadichromis borleyi Genyochromis mento Melanochromis auratus Sciaenochromis fryeri Naevochromis chrysogaster Protomelas sp. ‘hertae’ Pseudotropheus sp. Ctenopharynx pictus ‘elongatus slab’ Nimbochromis linni Tropheops modestus Labeotropheus Otopharynx lithobates trewavasae Buccochromis heterotaenia Pseudotropheus crabro Tyrannochromis nigriventer Metriaclima sp. ‘dumpy’ Otopharynx heterodon Cynotilapia sp. ‘maleri’ Labidochromis pallidus Copyright © Ad Konings / Blue Zebra Island Lodge Stigmatochromis modestus.

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