Cheilochromis

This article is about the Lake Malawi cichlid. For the monotypic riverine cichlid, see Chilochromis.

Cheilochromis is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the sole species Cheilochromis euchilus, the Malawi thicklip, which is endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa where it prefers near-shore areas with rocky bottoms. This species reaches a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

Malawi thicklip
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Haplochromini
Genus:	Cheilochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
Species:	C. euchilus
Binomial name
Cheilochromis euchilus (Trewavas, 1935)
Synonyms
Haplochromis euchilus Trewavas, 1935 Chilotilapia euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) Cyrtocara euchila (Trewavas, 1935) Cyrtocara euchilus (Trewavas, 1935) Pseudohaplochromis euchilus (Trewavas, 1935)

The specific epithet euchilus refers to lips being divided into median lobes.^[3]