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Cichlid breeds Picture Common name Species Lake Size Aggression Level Description Red Zebra: Pseudotropheus estherae: Malawi: 5 inches or 12.7 cm: Moderate: Mbuna: Very common in shops. Strangely, neither red, nor striped Aulonocara fort maguire: Aulonocara hansbaenschi: Malawi: 5 inches or 12.7 cm: Moderate: Utaka: Many variations Yellow Lab ...
Pages in category "Cichlid fish of Africa" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. '
Cichlids (/ ˈ s ɪ k l ɪ d z /) [a] are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.Traditionally Cichlids were classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses (), in the order Perciformes, [3] but molecular studies have contradicted this grouping. [4]
All Aulonocara species are maternal mouth brooders. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, Aulonocara species are also known as peacock cichlids, aulonocaras or simply "peacocks". This genus is strongly sexually dichromic, even by haplochromine standards. As aquarium fish, they are best kept with other medium-sized nonaggressive cichlids from Lake ...
Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statements. This is a list of fishes recorded from the oceans bordering South Africa. This part of the list includes any fishes that are not bony fishes., which are the jawless and jawed cartilagenous fishes.
Altolamprologus calvus is a cichlid endemic to the southern shoreline of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. The species has an extremely laterally compressed body and a high dorsal fin . Males may grow to 13 cm (5 inches), while females are normally smaller.
This category contains articles on subfamilies, genera and species in this family. ... Cichlid genera (205 P) Cichlid fish by location (7 C) C. Cichlasomatinae (2 C, 4 P)
Cyphotilapia frontosa, also called the front cichlid and frontosa cichlid, is an east African species of fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika. [1] The genus name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "cypho-", meaning "curved", and tilapia, which means "fish" in a local dialect. The species name frontosa is a reference to its relatively large ...