Mchenga

Mchenga
Mchenga eucinostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Mchenga Stauffer & Konings, 2006
Type species
Copadichromis cyclicos Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993

Mchenga is a small genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. They are part of a group known as utaka.

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:¹

• Mchenga conophoros (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
• Mchenga cyclicos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)
• Mchenga eucinostomus (Regan, 1922)
• Mchenga flavimanus (Iles, 1960)
• Mchenga inornata (Boulenger, 1908)
• Mchenga thinos (Stauffer, LoVullo & McKaye, 1993)