General information When these fish are young, they have many vertical dark stripes, as they age they lose this striped pattern and get a jaguar-like pattern. They are silver with tints of bluish green or purple. They can reach up to 24 inches, however, in captivity, they rarely get any larger than 12 inches. To…
General information These fish are bluish gray with black tints, their underside is bright red and their fins are brown with blue tints. These fish can reach up to 6.5 inches in the wild, however, in captivity they only reach 5 inches. To keep these fish in captivity, water pH should be between 6.5 and…
General information The average adult male is 4 inches and the average adult female is 3 inches. This species has a light brown body, white tipped lyre shaped fins, a dart stripe along the lower part of the gill with a yellow spot on the gill cover, blue eyes and a blue trim under…
General information These fish have an overhanging snout, chisel-shaped teeth for grazing algae from rocks and can reach 7 inches. Males are dark blue with orange fins but can change their colors to a lighter blue when stressed or excited. To keep this species in an aquarium, the water should be well oxygenated, have a…
General information The average adult male is 4.8 inches while the average adult female is 3 inches. They can be black, blue or gray and the male develops a large hump on the head with age. They have a modified swim bladder that reduces buoyancy preventing the fish from being swept away by strong currents, also,…
General information This species has more than 50 color morphs which vary with the geographical region of the individuals, these can reach 5 inches. To keep this species in a tank, water pH should range from 8.0 to 9.0 and water temperatures should be between 75.2 and 78.8. The aquarium should have a sandy substrate,…
General information The average adult male is 3 inches while the average adult female is 2 inches. They have a silver body. The caudal fin has pearl-colored spots that reflect light, hence the name “caudopunctatus” and the dorsal and anal fins have yellow and blue outlines. Their coloration may change to brown vertical stripes when…
General information These fish have a gray body with blue on its sides, and its dorsal fins are lined with white and/or orange, it has bulging eyes, a sloped forehead and males reach 2.4 inches while females reach 1.4 inches. To keep this species in captivity, water pH should be between 8.0 to 9.0, and…
General information Altolamprologus compressicep has a laterally compressed body, 8 to 12 bold stripes, white to blue spots on its flanks and can reach 6 inches. It is a predator, and its compressed body allows it to hide and avoid detection. To keep these fish in an aquarium, water temperature should be around 75.2ºF to 82.4ºF…
General information This species has an elongated body with alternating white and black spots and stripes and their fins are outlined in black and blue, it can reach 6 inches. To keep these fish in an aquarium, the water pH should be between 8.0 and 9.0 and water temperature should range from 73ºF to 81ºF….