Featherfin cichlid
Cyathopharynx furcifer
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A cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika that lives in groups and feeds on plankton. The female mouthbroods the eggs. There is evidence that there are two similar species, the second traded as C. foae.
- Scientific name
- Cyathopharynx furcifer
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Synonyms
- Cyathopharynx fucifer, Cyathopharynx furcifera, Cyathopharynx grandoculis, Ectodus foae, Ectodus foai, Ophthalmotilapia foae, Paratilapia furcifer, Tilapia grandoculis
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 24–27 °C
- pH
- 8–9
- General hardness (GH)
- 8–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 20 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 365 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 180 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Planktivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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