Editing Cichlid (section)

==Genera==
The genus list is as per [[FishBase]]. Studies are continuing, however, on the members of this family, particularly the haplochromine cichlids of the African rift lakes.<ref name="fishbase_CS"/>

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*''[[Abactochromis]]'' <small>Oliver & Arnegard 2010</small>
*''[[Acarichthys]]'' <small>[[Carl H. Eigenmann|Eigenmann]] 1912</small>
*''[[Acaronia]]'' <small>[[George S. Myers|Myers]] 1940</small>
*''[[Alcolapia]]'' <small>Thys van den Audenaerde 1969</small>
*''[[Alticorpus]]'' <small>Stauffer & McKaye 1988</small>
*''[[Altolamprologus]]'' <small>[[Max Poll|Poll]] 1986 </small>
*''[[Amatitlania]]'' <small>Schmitter-Soto, 2007</small>
*''[[Amphilophus]]'' <small>[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz]], 1859</small>
*''[[Andinoacara]]'' <small>Musilova, Rican, & Novak 2009</small>
*''[[Anomalochromis]]'' <small>Greenwood 1985</small>
*''[[Apistogramma]]'' <small>[[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]] 1913</small>
*''[[Apistogrammoides]]'' <small>Meinken 1965 </small>
*''[[Aristochromis]]'' <small>[[Ethelwynn Trewavas|Trewavas]], 1935</small>
*''[[Astatoreochromis]]'' <small>[[Jacques Pellegrin|Pellegrin]] 1904</small>
*''[[Astatotilapia]]'' <small>Pellegrin 1904</small>
*''[[Astronotus]]'' <small>Swainson 1839</small>
*''[[Aulonocara]]'' <small>Regan 1922</small>
*''[[Aulonocranus]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Australoheros]]'' <small>Rican & [[Sven O. Kullander|Kullander]] 2006 </small>
*''[[Baileychromis]]'' <small>Poll 1986</small>
*''[[Bathybates]]'' <small>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]] 1898</small>
*''[[Benitochromis]]'' <small>Lamboj 2001</small>
*''[[Benthochromis]]'' <small>Poll 1986</small>
*''[[Biotodoma]]'' <small>Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903</small>
*''[[Biotoecus]]'' <small>Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903</small>
*''[[Boulengerochromis]]'' <small>Pellegrin 1904</small>
*''[[Buccochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Bujurquina]]'' <small>Kullander 1986</small>
*''[[Callochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Caprichromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Caquetaia]]'' <small>Fowler 1945</small>
*''[[Cardiopharynx]]'' <small>Poll 1942</small>
*''[[Chaetobranchopsis]]'' <small>[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1875</small>
*''[[Chaetobranchus]]'' <small>[[Johann Jakob Heckel|Heckel]], 1840</small>
*''[[Chalinochromis]]'' <small>Poll 1974</small>
*''[[Champsochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1915</small>
*''[[Cheilochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Chetia]]'' <small>Trewavas 1961</small>
*''[[Chilochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1902</small>
*''[[Chilotilapia]]'' <small>Boulenger 1908</small>
*''[[Chromidotilapia]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Cichla]]'' <small>Bloch & Schneider 1801</small>
*''[[Cichlasoma]]'' <small>Swainson 1839</small>
*''[[Cleithracara]]'' <small>Kullander & [[Han Nijssen|Nijssen]] 1989</small>
*''[[Coelotilapia]]''<ref name=Dunz2013>{{cite journal | last1 = Dunz | first1 = A.R. | last2 = Schliewen | first2 = U.K. | year = 2013 | title = Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as ''"Tilapia"'' | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 68| issue = 1| pages = 64–80| doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015 | pmid = 23542002 | bibcode = 2013MolPE..68...64D }}</ref>
*''[[Congochromis]]'' <small>Stiassny & Schliewen 2007</small>
*''[[Congolapia]]''
*''[[Copadichromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Coptodon]]''<ref name=Dunz2013/>
*''[[Corematodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1897</small>
*''[[Crenicara]]'' <small>Steindachner 1875 </small>
*''[[Crenicichla]]'' <small>Heckel 1840</small>
*''[[Cryptoheros]]'' <small>Allgayer 2001</small>
*''[[Ctenochromis]]'' <small>Pfeffer 1893</small>
*''[[Ctenopharynx]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Cunningtonia]]'' <small>Boulenger 1906</small>
*''[[Cyathochromis]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*''[[Cyathopharynx]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Cyclopharynx]]'' <small>Poll 1948</small>
*''[[Cynotilapia]]'' <small>Regan 1922</small>
*''[[Cyphotilapia]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Cyprichromis]]'' <small>Scheuermann 1977</small>
*''[[Cyrtocara]]'' <small>Boulenger 1902</small>
*''[[Danakilia]]'' <small>Thys van den Audenaerde 1969</small>
*''[[Dicrossus]]'' <small>Steindachner 1875 </small>
*''[[Dimidiochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Diplotaxodon]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*''[[Divandu]]'' <small>Lamboj & Snoeks 2000</small>
*''[[Docimodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1897</small>
*''[[Eclectochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Ectodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Enigmatochromis]]'' <small>Lamboj 2009</small>
*''[[Eretmodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Etia]]'' <small>Schliewen & Stiassny 2003</small>
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*''[[Etroplus]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]] 1830</small>
*''[[Exochochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Fossorochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Genyochromis]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*''[[Geophagus]]'' <small>Heckel 1840 </small>
*''[[Gephyrochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1901 </small>
*''[[Gnathochromis]]'' <small>Poll 1981</small>
*''[[Gobiocichla]]'' <small>Kanazawa 1951</small>
*''[[Grammatotria]]'' <small>Boulenger 1899</small>
*''[[Greenwoodochromis]]'' <small>Poll 1983</small>
*''[[Guianacara]]'' <small>Kullander & Nijssen 1989</small>
*''[[Gymnogeophagus]]'' <small>Miranda Ribeiro 1918 </small>
*''[[Haplochromis]]'' <small>Hilgendorf 1888</small>
*''[[Haplotaxodon]]'' <small>Boulenger 1906</small>
*''[[Hemibates]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Hemichromis]]'' <small>Peters 1857</small>
*''[[Hemitaeniochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Hemitilapia]]'' <small>Boulenger 1902</small>
*''[[Herichthys]]'' <small>Baird & Girard 1854</small>
*''[[Heroina (fish)|Heroina]]'' <small>Kullander, 1996</small>
*''[[Heros (fish)|Heros]]'' <small>Heckel, 1840</small>
*''[[Heterochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1922</small>
*''[[Heterotilapia]]''<ref name=Dunz2013/>
*''[[Hoplarchus]]'' <small>[[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]],1860</small>
*''[[Hypselecara]]'' <small>Kullander 1986</small>
*''[[Hypsophrys]]'' <small>[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz]] 1859</small>
*''[[Interochromis]]'' <small>Yamaoka, Hori & Kuwamura 1988</small>
*''[[Iodotropheus]]'' <small>Oliver & Loiselle 1972 </small>
*''[[Iranocichla]]'' <small>Coad 1982</small>
*''[[Julidochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Katria]]'' <small>Stiassny & Sparks 2006</small>
*''[[Konia (fish)|Konia]]'' <small>Trewavas 1972</small>
*''[[Krobia (fish)|Krobia]]'' <small>Kullander & Nijssen 1989</small>
*''[[Labeotropheus]]'' <small>[[Ernst Ahl|Ahl]] 1926 </small>
*''[[Labidochromis]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*''[[Laetacara]]'' <small>Kullander 1986</small>
*''[[Lamprologus]]'' <small>Schilthuis 1891 </small>
*''[[Lepidiolamprologus]]'' <small>Pellegrin 1904</small>
*''[[Lestradea]]'' <small>Poll 1943</small>
*''[[Lethrinops]]'' <small>Regan 1922</small>
*''[[Lichnochromis]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*''[[Limbochromis]]'' <small>Greenwood 1987 </small>
*''[[Limnochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Limnotilapia]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Lobochilotes]]'' <small>Boulenger 1915</small>
*†''Mahengechromis'' <small>Murray 2001</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Murray|first=Alison M.|date=19 January 2001|title=Eocene cichlid fishes from Tanzania, east Africa|journal=[[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology]]|volume=20|issue=4|pages=651–664|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0651:ECFFTE]2.0.CO;2|jstor=4524146|s2cid=86093448}}</ref>
*''[[Maylandia]]''  <small>Meyer & Foerster 1984</small>
*''[[Mazarunia]]'' <small>Kullander 1990</small>
*''[[Mchenga]]'' <small>Stauffer & Konings, 2006</small>
*''[[Melanochromis]]'' <small>Trewavas, 1935</small>
*''[[Mesonauta]]'' <small>[[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1862</small>
*''[[Microchromis]]'' <small>Johnson 1975 </small>
*''[[Mikrogeophagus]]'' <small>Meulengracht-Madson 1968</small>
*''[[Myaka (fish)|Myaka]]'' <small>Trewavas 1972</small>
*''[[Mylochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1920 </small>
*''[[Naevochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Nandopsis]]'' <small>Gill, 1862</small>
*''[[Nannacara]]'' <small>Regan 1905</small><!-- ZoolAbhDresden54:155 -->
*''[[Nanochromis]]'' <small>Pellegrin 1904</small>
*''[[Neolamprologus]]'' <small>Colombe & Allgayer 1985</small>
*''[[Nimbochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989 </small>
*''[[Nosferatu (fish)|Nosferatu]]'' <small>De la Maza-Benignos, Ornelas-García, Lozano-Vilano, García Ramírez & Doadrio, 2015</small><ref name="De la Maza-Benignos et al 2015">{{cite journal|author=De la Maza-Benignos, M. |author2=Ornelas-García, C. P. |author3=Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. |author4=García-Ramírez, M.E. |author5=Doadrio, I.|year=2015|title=Phylogeographic analysis of genus ''Herichthys'' (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of ''Nosferatu'' new genus and ''H. tepehua'' n. sp.|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=748|issue=1|pages=201–231|doi=10.1007/s10750-014-1891-8|bibcode=2015HyBio.748..201D |hdl=10261/126238|s2cid=16769534|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
*''[[Nyassachromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Ophthalmotilapia]]'' <small>Pellegrin 1904</small>
*''[[Oreochromis]]'' <small>Günther 1889</small>
*''[[Orthochromis]]'' <small>Greenwood 1954</small>
*''[[Otopharynx]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Oxylapia]]'' <small>Kiener & Maugé 1966 </small><!-- MolPhylEvol30:599 -->
*''[[Pallidochromis]]'' <small>Turner 1994</small>
*''[[Parachromis]]'' <small>Agassiz 1859</small>
*''[[Paracyprichromis]]'' <small>Poll 1986</small>
*''[[Parananochromis]]'' <small>Greenwood 1987</small>
*''[[Paraneetroplus]]'' <small>Regan 1905</small>
*''[[Paratilapia]]'' <small>[[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1868</small>
*''[[Paretroplus]]'' <small>Bleeker, 1868</small><!-- MolPhylEvol30:599 -->
*''[[Pelmatochromis]]'' <small>Steindachner 1894</small>
*''[[Pelmatolapia]]''<ref name=Dunz2013/>
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*''[[Pelvicachromis]]'' <small>Thys van den Audenaerde 1968</small>
*''[[Perissodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Petenia]]'' <small>Günther, 1862</small>
*''[[Petrochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Petrotilapia]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*''[[Pharyngochromis]]'' <small>Greenwood 1979</small>
*''[[Placidochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Plecodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*†''Plesioheros'' <small>Malabarba, Zuleta & del Papa 2006</small><ref name=M14/>
*†''Proterocara'' <small>Perez, Malabarba, & del Papa 2010</small><ref name=M14/>
*''[[Protomelas]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Pseudocrenilabrus]]'' <small>Fowler 1934</small>
*''[[Pseudosimochromis]]'' <small>[[Mark H. J. Nelissen|Nelissen]] 1977 </small>
*''[[Pseudotropheus]]'' <small>Regan 1922</small>
*''[[Pterochromis]]'' <small>Trewavas 1973</small>
*''[[Pterophyllum]]'' <small>Heckel 1840</small>
*''[[Ptychochromis]]'' <small>Steindachner 1880</small><!-- MolPhylEvol30:599 -->
*''[[Ptychochromoides]]'' <small>Kiener & Mauge 1966</small> <!-- MolPhylEvol30:599 -->
*''[[Pungu]]'' <small>Trewavas 1972 </small>
*''[[Reganochromis]]'' <small>Whitley 1929</small>
*''[[Retroculus]]'' <small>Eigenmann & Bray 1894</small>
*''[[Rhamphochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1922</small>
*''[[Rocio]]'' <small>Schmitter-Soto, 2007</small>
*''[[Sargochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1920 </small>
*''[[Sarotherodon]]'' <small>Rppell 1852</small>
*''[[Satanoperca]]'' <small>Günther, 1862 </small>
*''[[Schwetzochromis]]'' <small>Poll 1948</small>
*''[[Sciaenochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Serranochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1920</small>
*''[[Simochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Spathodus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1900</small>
*''[[Steatocranus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1899</small>
*''[[Stigmatochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Stomatepia]]'' <small>Trewavas 1962</small>
*''[[Symphysodon]]'' <small>Heckel 1840</small>
*''[[Taeniacara]]'' <small>Myers 1935</small>
*''[[Taeniochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Taeniolethrinops]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Tahuantinsuyoa]]'' <small>Kullander 1991 </small>
*''[[Tangachromis]]'' <small>Poll 1981</small>
*''[[Tanganicodus]]'' <small>Poll 1950</small>
*''[[Teleocichla]]'' <small>Kullander 1988</small>
*''[[Teleogramma]]'' <small>Boulenger 1899</small>
*''[[Telmatochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898</small>
*''[[Theraps]]'' <small>Günther, 1862 </small>
*''[[Thoracochromis]]'' <small>Greenwood 1979 </small>
*''[[Thorichthys]]'' <small>[[Seth Eugene Meek|Meek]] 1904</small>
*''[[Thysochromis]]'' <small>Daget 1988</small>
*''[[Tilapia (genus)|Tilapia]]'' <small>Smith, 1840</small> See also: [[Tilapia|Tilapiine cichlids]]
*''[[Tomocichla]]'' <small>Regan 1908  </small>
*''[[Tramitichromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Trematocara]]'' <small>Boulenger 1899 </small>
*''[[Trematocranus]]'' <small>Trewavas 1935</small>
*†''Tremembichthys'' <small>Malabarba & Malabarba 2008</small><ref name=M14/>
*''[[Triglachromis]]'' <small>Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde 1974</small>
*''[[Tristramella]]'' <small>Trewavas 1942</small>
*''[[Tropheops]]'' <small>Trewavas 1984 </small>
*''[[Tropheus]]'' <small>Boulenger 1898 </small>
*''[[Tylochromis]]'' <small>Regan 1920 </small>
*''[[Tyrannochromis]]'' <small>Eccles & Trewavas 1989</small>
*''[[Uaru]]'' <small>Heckel 1840</small>
*''[[Variabilichromis]]'' <small>Colombe & Allgayer 1985</small>
*†''[[Warilochromis]]'' <small>Altner, Ruthensteiner & Reichenbacher 2008</small>
*''[[Xenochromis]]'' <small>Boulenger 1899</small>
*''[[Xenotilapia]]'' <small>Boulenger 1899</small>
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