Mylochromis

Mylochromis
Mylochromis melanonotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Mylochromis Regan, 1920
Type species
Chromis lateristriga Günther, 1864
Synonyms
MaravichromisEccles & Trewavas, 1989 PlatygnathochromisEccles & Trewavas, 1989

Mylochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa.

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Mylochromis anaphyrmus (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
• Mylochromis balteatus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis chekopae G. F. Turner & Howarth, 2001
• Mylochromis durophagus G. F. Turner, 2024
• Mylochromis ensatus G. F. Turner & Howarth, 2001
• Mylochromis epichorialis (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis ericotaenia (Regan, 1922)
• Mylochromis formosus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis gracilis (Trewavas, 1935) (Torpedostripe Haplochromis)
• Mylochromis guentheri (Regan, 1922)
• Mylochromis incola (Trewavas, 1935) (Golden Mola Hap)
• Mylochromis labidodon (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis lateristriga (Günther, 1864) (Basket Hap)
• Mylochromis melanonotus (Regan, 1922) (Yellow Black Line Hap)
• Mylochromis melanotaenia (Regan, 1922)
• Mylochromis mola (Trewavas, 1935) (Mola Hap)
• Mylochromis mollis (Trewavas, 1935) (Softy hap)
• Mylochromis obtusus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis plagiotaenia (Regan, 1922)
• Mylochromis rotundus G. F. Turner, 2024
• Mylochromis semipalatus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis sphaerodon (Regan, 1922) (Roundtooth Hap)
• Mylochromis spilostichus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Mylochromis subocularis (Günther, 1894)

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mylochromis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 January 2026.