Description: Juveniles have yellow and black bands
Category: Cichlids
Global Region: Africa
Distribution: None
CARES Status: Endangered
Photo of aquarist's species:

Genetic Line: Aquarium Strain
Year Acquired: 2025
Bought a group of 8 fry in June of 2025. A Beautiful juvenile species, mine are still young but I observe some pairing off already and they still have amazing colors/patterns. I'm very interested if anyone who has kept them has seen red outlining the dorsal and caudal fins, with a yellow body color between the black bands, also some red in the chest area(above the ventral fins, below the pectoral fins). I have one individual that is extremely colorful, a giant outlier from the others, shown in my picture.