African Cichlid

African Cichlid

This web blog is a introduction to the African Cichlid. The African Cichlid belongs to the Cichlid family of tropical fishes, and are considered a very popular type of tropical fish, collected for the aquariums by the aquarium enthusiasts.The popular African Cichlids is mainly found in the following lakes in Africa.


Cichlid lakes of Africa:

• Lake Malawi
• Lake Victorian
• Lake Tanganyika

African Cichlid can also be found in other lakes and many different rivers throughout the african continent, where the conditions and environment is right. The number of Cichlid species in these lakes are a great many, and maybe even more then in any other lakes in the world. Many of the African Cihclids have beautiful, bright and sparkling colours, and are very attractive for the aquarium hobbyists, but they are rare to come by in aquarium stores. African Cichlids can get very aggressive, and it's best not to mangle them with other types of tropical fish species. African Chichlid species that are collected by aquarium hobbyists are not a few. The many species that are collected might be those who easily adapts the aquarium environment, and are easy to keep and breed. The looks of the african cichlid are also important. The African Cichlids need more space and require a bigger aquarium then usual. I found the following African Cichlid from the different lakes very fascinating.


Lake Malawi Cichlids

aulonocara baenschi (sunshine)
aulonocara fire fish
aulonocara eureka (red)
aulonocara rubescens (ruby red)
lethrinops albus kande
pseudotropheus elongatus mpanga
protomelas albino teiwan reef


Lake Victorian Cichlids

haplochromis Paralabidochromis sp. "rock kribensis" Mwanza
pundamilia nyererei (Ruti Island)


Lake Tanganyika Cichlids

tropheus moorii kiriza kaiser
tropheus duboisi Maswa
tropheus moorii (cherry spot)
cyprichromis leptosoma (Blue Orchid)
tropheus Moorii mpulungu (sunspot)
cyphotilapia frontosa (kigoma)

African Cichlid are very attractive and easy to breed, but are more rare to find in aquarium stores.


Links to my other related blogs

Angelfish - All about the Anglefish

Cichlid - All about the Cichlid


African Cichlid