Copadichromis mbenjii

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |date=2018 |title=Copadichromis mbenjii |volume=2018 |page=e.T60869A148657193 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60869A148657193.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Copadichromis mbenjii

| authority = Konings, 1990

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Copadichromis mbenjii is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It is only found around Mbenje Island{{FishBase|Copadichromis|mbenjii|month=June|year=2018}} from where it takes its specific name.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) | accessdate= 3 December 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 July 2018}}