title: Ophthalmotilapia
text: # Ophthalmotilapia
  
  Ophthalmotilapia is a small genus of four cichlid species endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Ophthalmotilapia boops (Boulenger, 1901)
  * Ophthalmotilapia heterodonta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
  * Ophthalmotilapia nasuta (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
  * Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Boulenger, 1898)
  