Aquarium Fishes - Melanochromis Johannii
MBUNAS Melanochromis johannii Is very agressive - even the females attack each other. This fish readily accepts vegetable supplements. The male is dark with horizontal stripes, the female golden yellow. Size: 8-10 cm. Pseudotropheus zebra The Malawi blue cichlid was one of the first Mbunas known to aquarists. Its diet is mainly herbivorous. There are several color morphs of P. zebra (blue or orange, for instance); some may in fact be closely related species. Size: 12-15 cm. Melanochromis crabo A territorial and highly hierarchical species. The female chameleon cichlid lays her eggs on a flat stone, then retires to a quiet place to incubate them. Size: 8-10 cm. Pseudotropheus elongatus The slender Mbuna has a more streamlined body than other Pseudotropheus species. The basic coloration is blue, but details vary extensively; the male has eye-spots {ocelli) on the anal fin. Size: 12 cm. Pseudotropheus tropheops The tropheops is one of the largest Mbunas and can measure up to 18 cm. The male displays a violetbrown coloration; the female is dark yellow. Supplements of vegetable material are desirable. Pseudotropheus lombardoi The male kennyi is golden yellow, the female blue, with black transverse bands; unlike other Mbunas; juveniles assume these colorations on reaching 3-4 cm. The female retires to a quiet area of the tank to incubate her eggs. Size: 13-15 cm. Pseudotropheus socolofi Unlike other species in this group, the male and female cobalt blue cichlid are scarcely distinguishable. This Mbuna is aggressive and defends its territory ferociously. It appreciates supplements of vegetable material. Size: 13 cm.
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