According to the IUCN, the following cichlids are either endangered or critically endangered in the wild. There are 202 different cichlids on this list. Look below and you may find some very familiar fish. It’s important that we, as hobbyists, do our best to breed and distribute these fish to the best of our availability. Special emphasis will be placed in the sales and trading section of our website for any available stock for sale or trade.
Amatitlania kanna
Amatitlania myrnae
Amphilophus astorquii
Amphilophus chancho
Amphilophus flaveolus
Amphilophus globosus
Amphilophus lyonsi
Amphilophus margaritifer
Amphilophus supercilius
Amphilophus zaliosus
Apistogramma lineata
Apistogramma psammophila
Aulonocara baenschi
Aulonocara guentheri
Aulonocara kandeense
Aulonocara maylandi
Benitochromis conjunctus
Benitochromis finleyi
Benitochromis nigrodorsalis
Benitochromis riomuniensis
Benitochromis ufermanni
Champsochromis spilorhynchus
Chetia brevis
Chetia mola
Chindongo saulosi
Chromidotilapia cavalliensis
Chromidotilapia linkei
Coelotilapia joka
Copadichromis nkatae
Coptodon bakossiorum
Coptodon bemini
Coptodon bythobates
Coptodon coffea
Coptodon deckerti
Coptodon flavus
Coptodon gutturosus
Coptodon imbrifernus
Coptodon kottae
Coptodon rheophilus
Coptodon snyderae
Coptodon spongotroktis
Coptodon thysi
Coptodon walteri
Corematodus shiranus
Crenicichla cyclostoma
Crenicichla hu
Crenicichla jegui
Crenicichla urosema
Crenicichla ypo
Cribroheros bussingi
Cribroheros rhytisma
Danakilia franchettii
Dicrossus gladicauda
Etroplus canarensis
Gobiocichla ethelwynnae
Haplochromis aelocephalus
Haplochromis annectidens
Haplochromis antleter
Haplochromis apogonoides
Haplochromis argenteus
Haplochromis barbarae
Haplochromis bareli
Haplochromis beadlei
Haplochromis brownae
Haplochromis cassius
Haplochromis cinctus
Haplochromis cnester
Haplochromis coprologus
Haplochromis crassilabris
Haplochromis crocopeplus
Haplochromis dentex
Haplochromis desfontainii
Haplochromis dichrourus
Haplochromis erythromaculatus
Haplochromis flavipinnis
Haplochromis granti
Haplochromis guiarti
Haplochromis heusinkveldi
Haplochromis hiatus
Haplochromis igneopinnis
Haplochromis iris
Haplochromis ishmaeli
Haplochromis katunzii
Haplochromis latifasciatus
Haplochromis longirostris
Haplochromis macrognathus
Haplochromis martini
Haplochromis michaeli
Haplochromis microdon
Haplochromis mylergates
Haplochromis nanoserranus
Haplochromis obesus
Haplochromis pancitrinus
Haplochromis parvidens
Haplochromis percoides
Haplochromis perrieri
Haplochromis plutonius
Haplochromis ptistes
Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx
Haplochromis simpsoni
Haplochromis sp. nov. ‘Amboseli’
Haplochromis sp. nov. ‘Blue Rockpicker’
Haplochromis sphex
Haplochromis sulphureus
Haplochromis teegelaari
Haplochromis teunisrasi
Haplochromis theliodon
Haplochromis ushindi
Haplochromis venator
Haplochromis victorianus
Haplochromis vonlinnei
Haplochromis xenostoma
Hemichromis cerasogaster
Herichthys bartoni
Herichthys labridens
Herichthys minckleyi
Herichthys steindachneri
Heterotilapia cessiana
Katria katria
Konia dikume
Konia eisentrauti
Labidochromis zebroides
Lamprologus kungweensis
Lamprologus tumbanus
Limbochromis robertsi
Lipochromis sp. nov. ‘backflash cryptodon’
Lipochromis sp. nov. ‘black cryptodon’
Lipochromis sp. nov. ‘parvidens-like’
Lipochromis sp. nov. ‘small obesoid’
Mayaheros gephyrus
Mchenga conophoros
Melanochromis chipokae
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes
Metriaclima koningsi
Metriaclima usisyae
Myaka myaka
Nandopsis ramsdeni
Nanochromis transvestitus
Nyassachromis boadzulu
Nyassachromis breviceps
Oreochromis alcalicus
Oreochromis amphimelas
Oreochromis chungruruensis
Oreochromis hunteri
Oreochromis jipe
Oreochromis karomo
Oreochromis karongae
Oreochromis lepidurus
Oreochromis lidole
Oreochromis mortimeri
Oreochromis squamipinnis
Orthochromis kasuluensis
Orthochromis luongoensis
Orthochromis mazimeroensis
Orthochromis mosoensis
Orthochromis rubrolabialis
Orthochromis uvinzae
Oxylapia polli
Parananochromis axelrodi
Parananochromis ornatus
Paratilapia sp. nov. ‘Vevembe’
Paretroplus dambabe
Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis
Paretroplus lamenabe
Paretroplus loisellei
Paretroplus maculatus
Paretroplus maromandia
Paretroplus menarambo
Paretroplus nourissati
Paretroplus tsimoly
Placidochromis phenochilus
Prognathochromis sp. nov. ‘long snout’
Pseudotropheus brevis
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos
Ptychochromis inornatus
Ptychochromis insolitus
Ptychochromis loisellei
Ptychochromis oligacanthus
Ptychochromis sp. nov. ‘Green Garaka’
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
Ptychochromoides itasy
Ptychochromoides vondrozo
Ptyochromis sp. nov. ‘rainbow sheller’
Ptyochromis sp. nov. ‘Rusinga oral sheller’
Pungu maclareni
Rocio spinosissima
Sarotherodon caroli
Sarotherodon linnellii
Sarotherodon lohbergeri
Sarotherodon steinbachi
Serranochromis meridianus
Serranochromis robustus
Stomatepia mariae
Stomatepia mongo
Stomatepia pindu
Teleocichla cinderella
Teleogramma brichardi
Tilapia guinasana
Trematocranus microstoma
Tylochromis microdon
Vieja hartwegi
Xystichromis sp. nov. ‘Kyoga flameback’
