Freshwater ecoregion · Africa · lake

Lake Malawi

3454 species in the atlas are recorded from this freshwater ecoregion. It sits within Lake Malawi.

Ecoregion boundaries follow the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) framework; species are placed here from the documented range in each species profile.

Where these cichlids live

7,419 georeferenced records of this ecoregion's cichlids (GBIF + type localities; sampled). Click a point for the species.

Cichlids recorded here

Abactochromis · 5

Alticorpus · 14

Aristochromis · 4

Astatotilapia · 6

Aulonocara · 214

Buccochromis · 19

Caprichromis · 6

Champsochromis · 7

Cheilochromis · 4

Chilotilapia · 3

Chindongo · 114

Copadichromis · 218

Coptodon · 4

Corematodus · 6

Ctenopharynx · 10

Cyathochromis · 4

Cynotilapia · 146

Cyrtocara · 9

Dimidiochromis · 19

Diplotaxodon · 43

Docimodus · 7

Exochochromis · 1

Fossorochromis · 8

Genyochromis · 11

Gephyrochromis · 25

Hemitaeniochromis · 8

Hemitilapia · 6

Iodotropheus · 8

Labeotropheus · 126

Labidochromis · 121

Lethrinops · 161

Lichnochromis · 4

Maylandia · 484

Mchenga · 17

Melanochromis · 102

Mylochromis · 111

Naevochromis · 3

Nimbochromis · 36

Nyassachromis · 41

Oreochromis · 14

Otopharynx · 145

Pallidochromis · 3

Petrotilapia · 102

Placidochromis · 142

Protomelas · 191

Pseudotropheus · 184

Rhamphochromis · 37

Sciaenochromis · 59

Serranochromis · 4

Stigmatochromis · 35

Taeniochromis · 4

Taeniolethrinops · 24

Tramitichromis · 46

Trematocranus · 15

Tropheops · 283

Tyrannochromis · 31

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