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Actual Scientific name : French name English name
Altolamprologus calvus    
Altolamprologus compressiceps    
Aulonocranus dewindti    
Baileychromis centropomoides    
Bathybates fasciatus    
Bathybates ferox    
Bathybates graueri    
Bathybates hornii    
Bathybates leo    
Bathybates minor    
Bathybates vittatus    
Benthochromis horii    
Benthochromis melanoides    
Benthochromis tricoti    
Boulengerochromis microlepis   Giant cichlid   
Callochromis macrops macrops    
Callochromis melanostigma    
Callochromis pleurospilus    
Cardiopharynx schoutedeni    
Chalinochromis popelini    
Chalinochromis brichardi    
Chalinochromis cyanophleps    
Chromidotilapia schoutedeni    
Congochromis squamiceps    
Coptodon rendalii    
Coptodon zillii    
Ctenochromis benthicola    
Cunningtonia longiventralis    
Cyathopharynx furcifer   Featherfin cichlid   
Cyphotilapia frontosa   Humphead cichlid      
Cyphotilapia gibberosa    
Cyprichromis pavo    
Cyprichromis leptosoma    
Cyprichromis microlepidotus    
Cyprichromis zonatus    
Ectodus descampsii    
Eretmodus cyanostictus    
Eretmodus marksmithi    
Gnathochromis permaxillaris    
Gnathochromis pfefferi    
Grammatotria lemairii    
Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi    
Greenwoodochromis christyi    
Haplochromis burtoni    
Haplochromis horei    
Haplochromis luluae    
Haplochromis moeruensis    
Haplochromis stappersii    
Haplochromis stigmatogenys    
Haplochromis straeleni    
Haplotaxodon microlepis    
Haplotaxodon trifasciatus    
Hemibates stenosoma    
Hemichromis elongatus    
Interochromis loocki    
Julidochromis dickfeldi    
Julidochromis marlieri    
Julidochromis ornatus   Golden Julie 
Julidochromis regani   Convict Julie 
Julidochromis transcriptus    
Lamprologus callipterus    
Lamprologus finalimus    
Lamprologus kungweensis    
Lamprologus laparogramma    
Lamprologus lemairii    
Lamprologus meleagris    
Lamprologus mocquardi    
Lamprologus ornatipinnis    
Lamprologus signatus    
Lamprologus speciosus    
Lamprologus stappersi    
Lamprologus symoensi    
Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus    
Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni    
Lepidiolamprologus elongatus    
Lepidiolamprologus kamambae    
Lepidiolamprologus kendalli    
Lepidiolamprologus mimicus    
Lepidiolamprologus profundicola    
Lestradea perspicax    
Lestradea stappersii    
Limnochromis abeelei    
Limnochromis auritus   Spangled cichlid   
Limnochromis staneri    
Limnotilapia dardennii    
Lobochilotes labiatus    
Neolamprologus bifasciatus    
Neolamprologus boulengeri    
Neolamprologus brevis    
Neolamprologus brichardi    
Neolamprologus buescheri    
Neolamprologus cancellatus    
Neolamprologus caudopunctatus    
Neolamprologus chitamwebwai    
Neolamprologus christyi    
Neolamprologus crassus    
Neolamprologus cylindricus    
Neolamprologus falcicula    
Neolamprologus fasciatus    
Neolamprologus furcifer    
Neolamprologus gracilis    
Neolamprologus hecqui    
Neolamprologus helianthus    
Neolamprologus leleupi    
Neolamprologus leloupi    
Neolamprologus longicaudatus    
Neolamprologus longior    
Neolamprologus marunguensis    
Neolamprologus meeli    
Neolamprologus modestus    
Neolamprologus mondabu    
Neolamprologus multifasciatus    
Neolamprologus mustax    
Neolamprologus niger    
Neolamprologus nigriventris    
Neolamprologus obscurus    
Neolamprologus olivaceus    
Neolamprologus pectoralis    
Neolamprologus petricola    
Neolamprologus pleuromaculatus    
Neolamprologus prochilus    
Neolamprologus pulcher    
Neolamprologus savoryi    
Neolamprologus schreyeni    
Neolamprologus sexfasciatus    
Neolamprologus similis    
Neolamprologus splendens    
Neolamprologus tetracanthus   Fourspine cichlid 
Neolamprologus timidus    
Neolamprologus toae    
Neolamprologus tretocephalus    
Neolamprologus variostigma    
Neolamprologus ventralis    
Neolamprologus walteri    
Neolamprologus wauthioni    
Ophtalmotilapia boops    
Ophtalmotilapia heterodonta    
Ophtalmotilapia nasuta    
Ophthalmotilapia ventralis    
Oreochromis mweruensis    
Oreochromis andersonii    
Oreochromis macrochir   Longfin tilapia  
Oreochromis mortimeri    
Oreochromis mweruensis    
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus   Nile tilapia    
Oreochromis salinicola    
Oreochromis spilurus    
Oreochromis tanganicae    
Oreochromis upembae    
Orthochromis polyacanthus    
Orthochromis stormsi    
Orthochromis torrenticola    
Paracyprichromis brieni    
Paracyprichromis nigripinnis    
Perissodus eccentricus    
Perissodus microlepis    
Petrochromis famula    
Petrochromis fasciolatus    
Petrochromis macrognathus    
Petrochromis orthognathus    
Petrochromis polyodon    
Petrochromis trewavasae trewavasae   Threadfin cichlid    
Plecodus elaviae    
Plecodus multidentatus    
Plecodus paradoxus    
Plecodus straeleni    
Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi    
Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander   Southern mouthbrooder      
Pseudosimochromis curvifrons    
Reganochromis calliurus    
Sargochromis mellandi   Snaileater  
Serranochromis angusticeps   Thinface cichlid      
Serranochromis jallae   Nembwe  
Serranochromis macrocephalus   Purpleface largemouth  
Serranochromis spei    
Serranochromis stappersi    
Serranochromis thumbergii   Brownspot largemouth    
Simochromis babaulti    
Simochromis diagramma    
Simochromis margaretae    
Simochromis marginatus    
Simochromis pleurospilus    
Spathodus erythrodon    
Spathodus marlieri    
Steatocranus bieheri    
Tangachromis dhanisi    
Tanganicodus irsacae    
Telmatochromis bifrenatus    
Telmatochromis brachygnathus    
Telmatochromis dhonti    
Telmatochromis temporalis    
Telmatochromis vittatus    
Tilapia ruweti   Okavango tilapia      
Tilapia sparrmanii   Banded tilapia     
Trematocara caparti    
Trematocara kufferathi    
Trematocara macrostoma    
Trematocara marginatum    
Trematocara nigrifrons    
Trematocara stigmaticum    
Trematocara unimaculatum    
Trematocara variabile    
Trematocara zebra    
Triglachromis otostigma    
Tropheus annectens    
Tropheus brichardi    
Tropheus duboisi    
Tropheus kasabae    
Tropheus moorii   Blunthead cichlid 
Tropheus polli    
Tylochromis bangwelensis   Hump-back bream    
Tylochromis mylodon   Mweru hump-backed bream 
Tylochromis polylepis    
Tylochromis regani    
Tylochromis variabilis    
Variabilichromis moorii    
Xenochromis hecqui    
Xenotilapia albini    
Xenotilapia bathyphila    
Xenotilapia boulengeri    
Xenotilapia burtoni    
Xenotilapia caudafasciata    
Xenotilapia flavipinnis    
Xenotilapia leptura    
Xenotilapia longispinis    
Xenotilapia melanogenys    
Xenotilapia nasus    
Xenotilapia nigrolabiata    
Xenotilapia ochrogenys    
Xenotilapia ornatipinnis    
Xenotilapia papilio    
Xenotilapia rotundiventralis    
Xenotilapia sima    
Xenotilapia spiloptera    
Xenotilapia tenuidentata    



Warning :

This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.

The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.



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