Valid Name: Paralabidochromis chromogynos "Zue Island" (Greenwood, 1959)

Synonym: Haplochromis chromogynos

Common name: NA

Location: Lake Victoria around Zue Island, Tanzania

Adult male size: 4 1/2 inches (11 cm)

Diet: insectivore/omnivore

Supposedly chromogynos have a large distribution throughout Lake Victoria. This particular color variety is from around Zue Island in the southern portion of the lake.

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Personal notes: As you can see, both the male and the female Haplochromis (Paralabidochromis) chromogynos are a piebald (blotched colored) cichlid. This varient is from Zue Island off the coast of Tanzania in Lake Victoria. I purchased 8 chromogynos in March of 2007 from a breeder in the Ohio Cichlid Association.

They tend to be a very peaceful species with just a bit of female on female displays. They will flair their fins in a standoff but never seem to bite, liplock or cause any harm what-so-ever. It looks like I have 2 males and 6 females. It seems that everyone has an easy time getting them to breed except for me, in spite of this good M:F ratio.

As you can see below, the males have longer fins with more blue and red in them as well as three large egg spots.

A male Paralabidochromis chromogynos is shown above. Note the longer fins, the yellow body, the blue in the dorsal fins and the red in the anal fin.