Tropheops

Tropheops
Tropheops spp. mouth brooding female, Thumbi West Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Tropheops Trewavas, 1984
Type species
Pseudotropheus tropheops Regan, 1922

Tropheops is a genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi.

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:¹

• Tropheops biriwira Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
• Tropheops gracilior (Trewavas, 1935)
• Tropheops kamtambo Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
• Tropheops kumwera Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016
• Tropheops lucerna Trewavas, 1935
• Tropheops macrophthalmus (C. G. E. Ahl, 1926)
• Tropheops microstoma (Trewavas, 1935)
• Tropheops modestus (D. S. Johnson, 1974)
• Tropheops novemfasciatus (Regan, 1922)
• Tropheops romandi (Colombé, 1979)
• Tropheops tropheops (Regan, 1922)