Aulonocara nyassae

$8.00 – $36.00

Description

Aulonocara nyassae is a peacock cichlid from Lake Malawi in eastern Africa. Our strain was acquired from a commercial source in 2003. Males can reach 20cm (8 in.). Females are considerably smaller. Males are colorful with blue bodies, which tend to yellow ventrally and yellowish fins with blue spangles. The dorsal, pelvic and anal fins are often whitish-blue at the margins. Males have pointed anal and dorsal fins and slightly elongated pelvic fins. Females are drab brownish fish with very faint black vertical bars on the bodies. Females’ unpaired fins are rounded. This fish hails from various locales in Lake Malawi in eastern Africa.

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