Cynotilapia axelrodi

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| image = Cynotilapia axelrodi.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |author2=Kazembe, J. |author3=Makocho, P. |date=2018 |title=Cynotilapia axelrodi |volume=2018 |page=e.T60939A47224087 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60939A47224087.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cynotilapia axelrodi

| authority = W. E. Burgess, 1976

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Cynotilapia axelrodi is a species haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi where it occurs in Nkhata Bay and Chirombo Point, Malawi.{{FishBase|Cynotilapia|axelrodi|month=June|year=2018}}