Tropheops modestus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image =

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Konings, A. |date=2018 |title=Tropheops modestus |volume=2018 |page=e.T61172A148847246 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61172A148847246.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Tropheops modestus

| authority = (D. S. Johnson, 1974)

| synonyms =

• Pseudotropheus modestus D. S. Johnson, 1974

}}

Tropheops modestus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi.

This species can reach a length of {{convert|6.4|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase |genus= Tropheops|species= modestus| month = April | year = 2013}}