Corematodus taeniatus

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |author2=Kazembe, J. |author3=Makocho, P. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title=Corematodus taeniatus |amends=2018 |page=e.T60886A155042988 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60886A155042988.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Corematodus taeniatus

| authority = Trewavas, 1935{{FishBase|Corematodus|taeniatus|id=2269|month=June|year=2018}}

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Corematodus taeniatus is a species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in East Africa. It is a generalized aggressive mimic of various sand-dwelling cichlids. It is therefore able to approach unsuspecting schools of these species and rapidly take a mouthful of scales or fin.Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, pp. 91. {{ISBN|978-0866225274}}.Oliver, M.K. (10 August 2001). [http://malawicichlids.com/mw08031.htm Corematodus taeniatus.] MalawiCichlids. Retrieved 13 April 2017.