Ctenopharynx nitidus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |author2=Kazembe, J. |author3=Makocho, P. |year=2019 |title=Ctenopharynx nitidus |amends=2018 |page=e.T60897A155044010 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60897A155044010.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ctenopharynx nitidus

| authority = (Trewavas, 1935)

| synonyms = *Haplochromis nitidus Trewavas, 1935

• Cyrtocara nitida (Trewavas, 1935)
• Cyrtocara nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)
• Otopharynx nitidus (Trewavas, 1935)

| synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Ctenopharynx|nitidus|month=June|year=2018}}

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Ctenopharynx nitidus is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi.