Chilotilapia is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family.

It contains the sole species Chilotilapia rhoadesii, the Malawi bream, which is endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa, where it prefers areas with muddy substrates from the shallows to quite deep waters.

Its primary food consists of Melanoides and Lanistes snails.

It can reach a length of 22.5 centimetres (8.9 in) TL.

This species is also found in the aquarium trade.