Cyphotilapia frontosa

Front Cichlid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Cyphotilapia
Species:
C. frontosa
Binomial name
Cyphotilapia frontosa
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Cyphotilapia frontosus (Boulenger, 1906)
  • Paratilapia frontosa Boulenger, 1906
  • Pelmatochromis frontosus (Boulenger, 1906)

Cyphotilapia frontosa, also called the front cichlid and frontosa cichlid, is an east African species of fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[1] The genus name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "cypho-", meaning "curved", and tilapia, which means "fish" in a local dialect. The species name frontosa is a reference to its relatively large forehead.[2]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyphotilapia frontosa". FishBase. April 2017 version.
  2. ^ "Welcome Lake Tanganyika queen cichlid (Cyphotilapia frontosa)". Meet the Pet. Retrieved 2020-01-25.