Common Name:  Yellow belly hap

Photo by:  Kim Pedersen

Description

Shy species. Require a sandy substrate to spawn and plenty of rock formations for hiding and spawning. The males are beautiful, somewhat tolerant of conspecifics and the females are attractive too. They have more color and subtle variations than most.

Category:   Cichlids

Global Region:   Africa

Distribution:   Lakes Edward and George and the Kazinga Channel

Aquarists keeping this Species

wewertman: Astatotilapia aeneocolor