title: Cynotilapia
text: # 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.
  
  