Cheilochromis

Malawi thicklip
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Cheilochromis; & Trewavas, 1989
Species:	C. euchilus
Binomial name
	Cheilochromis euchilus; (Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms
	Haplochromis euchilus Trewavas, 1935; Chilotilapia euchilus (Trewavas, 1935); Cyrtocara euchila (Trewavas, 1935); Cyrtocara euchilus (Trewavas, 1935); Pseudohaplochromis euchilus (Trewavas, 1935);

Cheilochromis is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the sole species Cheilochromis euchilus, the Malawi thicklip, which is endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa where it prefers near-shore areas with rocky bottoms. This species reaches a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

References[]

^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Chilotilapia euchilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60884A47220481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60884A47220481.en.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cheilochromis euchilus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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[IUCN-1] Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Chilotilapia euchilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60884A47220481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60884A47220481.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cheilochromis euchilus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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Taxon identifiers
Cheilochromis euchilus	Wikidata: Q2698800 Wikispecies: Cheilochromis euchilus EoL: 994735 FishBase: 2142 GBIF: 2370358 iNaturalist: 97313 IRMNG: 10150769 ITIS: 648487 NCBI: 316406
Haplochromis euchilus	Wikidata: Q46469620 GBIF: 2370362 IRMNG: 10508501 ITIS: 169932

Malawi thicklip
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Cheilochromis & Trewavas, 1989
Species:	C. euchilus
Binomial name
*Cheilochromis euchilus* (Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms
Haplochromis euchilus Trewavas, 1935 Chilotilapia euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) Cyrtocara euchila (Trewavas, 1935) Cyrtocara euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) Pseudohaplochromis euchilus (Trewavas, 1935)