Humphead cichlid
Cyphotilapia frontosa
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The frontosa from northern Lake Tanganyika is white or bluish with six to seven black bars and develops a forehead hump, larger in males. It lives in groups in deeper water than most cichlids and eats fish and molluscs. The female mouthbroods the eggs.
- Scientific name
- Cyphotilapia frontosa
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Synonyms
- Cyphotilapia frontosus, Paratilapia frontosa, Pelmatochromis frontosus
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 8–9
- General hardness (GH)
- 10–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 25.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 864 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 240 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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