After Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The FishBase”], and Oliver, 1997-2005 [“The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi, Africa”]

<==o Placidochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989 [44] [paraphyletic]
   |-- P. acuticeps Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. acutirostris Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. argyrogaster Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. boops Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. borealis Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. chilolae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. communis Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. domirae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. ecclesi Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. electra (Burgess, 1979) (Deep water hap)
   |-- P. elongatus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. fuscus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. hennydaviesae (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)
   |-- P. intermedius Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
   |-- P. koningsi Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. lineatus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. longimanus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |-- P. longirostris Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. longus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. lukomae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. macroceps Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. macrognathus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. mbunoides Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. milomo (Oliver, 1989) (Super VC-10 hap)
   |-- P. minor Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. minutus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. msakae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. nigribarbis Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. nkhatae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. nkhotakotae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. obscurus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. ordinarius Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. orthognathus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. pallidus Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. phenochilus (Trewavas, 1935)
   |-- P. platyrhynchos Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. polli (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) [Lethrinops polli Burgess & Axelrod, 1973]
   |-- P. rotundifrons Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. sp. “silver blotch” [possibly variant of P. phenochilus (Oliver, 1997-2005)]
   |-- P. stonemani (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)
   |-- P. subocularis (Günther, 1894)
   |-- P. trewavasae Hanssens, 2004
   |-- P. turneri Hanssens, 2004
   `-- P. vulgaris Hanssens, 2004

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