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Cyphotilapia frontosa
| Front Cichlid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Cyphotilapia |
| Species: | C. frontosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyphotilapia frontosa (Boulenger, 1906)
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyphotilapia frontosa". FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ^ "Welcome Lake Tanganyika queen cichlid (Cyphotilapia frontosa)". Meet the Pet. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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