Red Top Cichlid

These two fish have very similar physical and behavioral traits however the pseudotropheus ice blue has only been found in the southeastern arm of lake malawi near makokola while the other is from the mbenji islands. Ndumbi are rather aggressive fish and from time to time males have long energetic fights. They also show yellow orange on the anal fin.

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Ndumbi are mbunas which is a large family of cichlid fish that originally lived only in lake malawi in east africa.

Red top cichlid. Perspicax red cap origin. The red top lwanda peacock cichlid is species of aulonocara from lake malawi which is native to the waters hai reef in tanzania and chiwindi in tanzania. It is a popular fish due to it s brilliant blue and red colors.

This cichlid is also sometimes mistaken for its very close relative the pseudotropheus red top zebra mbenji which is not yet scientifically described. Older individuals show a more orangeish yellow on the dorsal fin and anal fin. Other common names it is known by are the scrapermouth mbuna red finned cichlid redtop cichlid redtop mbuna trewavas s cichlid utaka even though this is a mbuna and yellow tumbi.

The standard trewavas red finned cichlid male has a blue body with the top dorsal fin being an orange to red. Aulonocara lwanda males are blue with yellow shoulders and yellow orange on their dorsal fin. The ndumbi mbunas live on the ndumbe reef in tanzania.

Lake malawi africa ndumbi and pom. Program fish endangered facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. Males develop a metallic blue color over their face and most of their body past their shoulders.

In aquariums a ndumbi can grow to be 4 long including their tails. Orange cap ndumbi red cap ndumbi red top scientific name.