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A wild-morph acara in a home aquarium. The blue acara normally grows to around 13 cm (5.1 in), but can reach up to 16 cm (6.3 in). [3] The body is compact and stocky, while the fins are long and flowing, with a rounder head than on similar cichlids. The main body colour can vary from browns to blues to black due to local diversity.
Cichlasoma bimaculatum is a generalist omnivore with scavenger like qualities, consuming small crustaceans and insect larvae in addition to small fishes. The black acara provide more competition for the native sunfish within spawning areas and have the ability to impact both invertebrate and plant communities through predation. [3]
Afra cichlid, dogtooth cichild: Cynotilapia afra: 10 cm (3.9 in) Malawi eyebiter: Dimidiochromis compressiceps: 23 cm (9.1 in) Rusty cichlid, lavender cichild: Iodotropheus sprengerae: 10 cm (3.9 in) Electric yellow cichlid: Labidochromis caeruleus: 20 cm (7.9 in) Fuelleborn's cichlid, Blue mbuna: Labeotropheus fuelleborni: 18 cm (7.1 in ...
The electric blue hap is a popular aquarium fish due to its colouration. It should be kept in tanks of no less than 150 litres. A semi aggressive fish, only one male is recommended per tank; however if large numbers are kept in a spacious enough environment, it is possible to keep more than one. Tank mates must be selected carefully.
The ram cichlid (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the Orinoco River basin, in the savannahs of Venezuela and Colombia in South America. [3] The species has been examined in studies on fish behaviour [4] and is a popular aquarium fish, traded under a variety of common names, including ram, blue ram, German blue ram, Asian ram, butterfly cichlid, Ramirez's ...
Electric blue crayfish (Procambarus alleni) Electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) Electric blue tarantula (Chilobrachys natanicharum) Sciaenochromis, a genus of haplochromine cichlid fish whose males are electric blue, including: Electric blue hap (Sciaenochromis ahli) Electric blue kande (Sciaenochromis psammophilu)
Sciaenochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa.The species are popular in the aquarium hobby, most notably S. fryeri.. Only males possess the impressive, electric blue coloration, while females are dull grey, and generally similar to the females of Aulonocara species.
William's mbuna (Maylandia greshakei), also known as ice blue zebra mbuna or ice blue zebra or the Pseudotropheus ice blue among the aquarium enthusiasts, is a species of cichlid fish endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only found at Makokola in the southeastern arm of the lake.