African cichlid from Lake Tanganyika. Known for it's compressed body. Feeds on small fish in narrow spaces between rocks.
Category: Cichlids
Global Region: Africa
Distribution: Lake Tanganyika
Collection Point: Unknown
Genetic Line: Aquarium Strain
Line Traits: Body shape is very distinct among cichlids
Year Acquired: 2016
I purchased three juveniles in either late 2015 or early 2016. Though too young to sex at the time, I think I ended up with two males and a female. I kept them in a 75g Tang community tank with some smaller cichlids. I never got them to spawn. The two males got into a vicious spat one time, with one ending up with a mangled lower jaw. It died several weeks later. I lost the female in 2022, I think. I still have the lone male and in the same tank.