The Lake Chala tilapia (Oreochromis hunteri) is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to Lake Chala, a small crater lake on the border of Kenya and Rombo District of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania.

[1][2] It mostly lives in relatively deep water, at depths between 20–45 m (66–148 ft).

[3] It is considered critically endangered by the IUCN, with the two primary threats being deterioration of its habitat due to siltation,[1] and other non-native tilapia species that have been introduced to Lake Chala.

[3][4] The Lake Chala tilapia can reach a standard length of up to 30 cm (12 in).

[2] The specific name hunteri honours the British zoologist Henry C. V. Hunter (1861-1934), who collected the type, and who provided notes on this species' distribution.