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Nkhomo-benga Peacock (Freshwater Fish)

Male Nkhomo-benga Peacock are yellow in color with somewhat blue. Female are light silver-gray in color. They belong to family " Cichlidae ". They are peaceful towards own specie but aggressive for other species. They eat meaty foods, frozen-dried, live and frozen foods. They live in the sandy areas and scattered rocky areas. Their size is 4-5 inches.


Rubin Red Peacock (Freshwater Fish)

Male Rubin Red Peacock are bright orange in color with reddish vertical bars. Dorsal fins have ice blue edges. Females have brownish background. They are peaceful for own specie while aggressive for other species. They are member of family " Cichlidae ". They eat mostly meaty foods in live, pellet, frozen-dried and frozen form. They inhabit rocky areas.


Sunshine Peacock (Freshwater Fish)

Sunshine Peacock are beautiful fish and have bright yellow body with ice blue lines towards their backs. They have pharyngeal set of teeth in their throat. They are member of " Cichlidae " family. They remain peaceful fish when live with own specie but become aggressive with other species. They eat meaty foods. These fish live in the lakes.


Blue Neon (Freshwater Fish)

Male Blue Neon are creamy orange to orange in color with purple lines. Fins are yellow to neon blue. Females are a bit dull in color. They belong to family " Cichlidae ". They are peaceful fish. They eat drifting zooplankton, frozen and flake foods such as brine shrimp. They are found in several parts of the lakes.


Brevis Shelldweller (Freshwater Fish)

It is a small fish and has light brown color of its body and fins. It is a peaceful fish. It belongs to family " Cichlidae ". It eats small protein cichlid pellets, live and frozen brine shrimp and blood worms, vegetables. Brevis Shelldweller prefers to live in such parts of the lakes where bottom are sandy or muddy.


Callochromis Macrops (Freshwater Fish)

They are beautiful fish and are found in different colors such as dark and light gray, red, orange and yellow. They are aggressive fish. They are members of family " Cichlidae ". They eat a big variety of food such as Aufwuchs, insects larvae, live brine shrimp, small mollusks etc. They inhabit sandy bottoms of rocky areas of lakes.


Compressed Cichlid (Freshwater Fish)

These beautiful fish have red, orange, yellow and dark brown color of their body. There are white to bluish spots on their body. They are almost peaceful fish. Compressed Cichlid belong to family " Cichlidae " family. They eat protein rich foods. They eat frozen foods and live brine shrimp, guppies and earthworm. They live in the lakes.


Convict Julie (Freshwater Fish)

These beautiful fish have three to four horizontal lines of brown to different shades of yellow color on their backgrounds. They are peaceful fish. They belong to family " Cichlidae ". They eat algae and invertebrates. They eat Cyclops, shrimps, water fleas etc. They live in open waters of lakes and in shallow rocky areas which have sandy substrate.


Blue Goby Cichlid (Freshwater Fish)

It is a brownish gray fish in color and have several blue and gold spots near to its belly. It is a peaceful fish. It belongs to family " Cichlidae ". It eats live foods, flake and frozen foods. It eats algae and microorganisms too. They prefer to live in the top parts of water in the lakes.


Tanganyikan Goby Cichlid (Freshwater Fish)

The first half of Tanganyikan Goby Cichlid is golden brown while second half is opaque. Blue specks are often present on their upper part of the body. They belong to family " Cichlidae ". They are peaceful fish. They eat mostly live foods. Some fish eat flake and frozen foods too. They inhabit rubble edges of shallow water.


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