THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Cichlidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Maylandia emmiltos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia estherae (Konings, 1995) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia fainzilberi (Staeck, 1976) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia flavifemina (Konings & Stauffer, 2006) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia glaucos (Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia greshakei (Meyer & Förster, 1984) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia hajomaylandi (Meyer & Schartl, 1984) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia lanisticola (Burgess, 1976) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia lombardoi (Burgess, 1977) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia lundoensis (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia mbenjii (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia midomo (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia mossambica (Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia nigrodorsalis (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia nkhunguensis (Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia pambazuko (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia phaeos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia pulpican (Tawil, 2002) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia pyrsonotos (Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia sciasma (Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia tarakiki (Stauffer, Black & Konings, 2013) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia xanstomachus (Stauffer & Boltz, 1989) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia xanthos (Ciccotto, Konings & Stauffer, 2011) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maylandia zebra (Boulenger, 1899) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mazarunia charadrica López-Fernández, Taphorn B. & Liverpool, 2012 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mazarunia pala López-Fernández, Taphorn B. & Liverpool, 2012 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mchenga conophoros (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mchenga flavimanus (Iles, 1960) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis kaskazini Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis mossambiquensis Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis robustus Johnson, 1985 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis wochepa Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros atromaculatus (Regan, 1912) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros festae (Boulenger, 1899) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros gephyrus (Eigenmann, 1922) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros ornatus (Regan, 1905) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesonauta acora (Castelnau, 1855) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesonauta egregius Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesonauta guyanae Schindler, 1998 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesonauta insignis (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesonauta mirificus Kullander & Silfvergrip, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mikrogeophagus altispinosus (Haseman, 1911) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.