Cyphotilapia frontosa

Front Cichlid
Scientific 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. 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.

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