Red Top Cichlid Fish

This fish is from lake malawi the male is colourful with a yellow dorsal fin with a light blue streak up the top while the female is a dull cream yellow colour with a. Ndumbi are rather aggressive fish and from time to time males have long energetic fights. Mildly aggressive conspecific temperment.

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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.

Red top cichlid fish. 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. They also show yellow orange on the anal fin. This fish is an mbuna which is a large family of cichlid fish that originally lived only in lake malawi in east africa.

In the picture a young premium quality red top greshakei mbuna cichlid is swimming in one of our aquariums when one of us snapped this picture. Ndumbi are mbunas which is a large family of cichlid fish that originally lived only in lake malawi in east africa. In aquariums a ndumbi can grow to be 4 long including their tails.

Aulonocara lwanda males are blue with yellow shoulders and yellow orange on their dorsal fin. Red zebra cichlid habitat the red zebra or maylandia estherae is commonly found in lake malawi the eastern side of africa. The standard trewavas red finned cichlid male has a blue body with the top dorsal fin being an orange to red.

Program fish endangered facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. Along with the other twelve species of cichlids they belong to a group called mbunas. Cichlids central america cichlasoma redheaded cichlid profile.

In local african language this word means rock dwelling or rockfish. It is a popular fish due to it s brilliant blue and red colors. Males develop a metallic blue color over their face and most of their body past their shoulders.

Red top peacock geographical origin. The ndumbi mbunas live on the ndumbe reef in tanzania. The red top zebra.

This red area is followed by a white area. These are fabulous fish with very vibrant colors. 78 82 degrees f ph.

By alex devil photo the cichlid exchange. Quetzal cichlid redheaded cichlid firehead cichlid cichlasoma paratheraps synspilum synonyms. Older individuals show a more orangeish yellow on the dorsal fin and anal fin.

An oval shaped fish which develops are large hump on the top of the forehead the head to just past the gill cover is red.