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Range: Lake Malawi: Taiwan Reef

Reproduction: Mouthbrooder: after spawning, the females incubate the eggs in their mouth until the fry are free-swimming. Males will mate with multiple females. The fry are easily raised with first foods such as baby brine shrimp.

Feeding: Herbivorous and omnivorous. Frozen foods, but also dry foods with vegetable content.

Additional Comments: Occurs at Taiwan reef, a remote area near the centre of the lake. Young fish and adult females are completely bright yellow-orange. Young males at first are also yellow, but as they mature they begin to darken, eventually turning dark blue-black with bright blue vertical bars. Ideal for a Rift Lake community tank with other small to medium sized species.

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