Name:    Haplochromis sp. "Fire"

Synonym:    Paralabidochromis sp. "Fire"

Common name:    Fire Red Ugandan

Location:    Northern Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga

Adult size:    Male: 4 inches (10 cm),  Female: 3 1/2 inches (8 cm)

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Personal Notes:  A rock dwelling Victorian cichlid (mbipi) from the Ugandan shores of Lake Victoria (and/or from Lake Kyoga?) that I purchased from my LFS in 1998.  The Haplochromis sp "fire" grows to only about 4 inches (11 cm) long.  As this male was maturing he was not as colorful as I had hoped.  But that's the trouble with many victorians .... if they are not the dominant male in the tank then they often won't color up nearly to their potential.  I had one male and three females.  One female bred but did not carry the fry to term.  As you can see the females are the typical silver-sided fish just like so many of the victorians.  I kept this group for only about two years.

 

It seems that the Haplochromis sp "Fire" were fairly common in the late 1990's and then were unavailable for a number of years.  Now, they are once again available but the ones I've seem appear to have a slightly different coloration.  The ones making the rounds in the hobby now have a yellow/green color in their caudal penduncle that mine never exhibited.

Above is the male Haplochromis sp. "Fire" aka Fire Red Ugandan:

A female Hap sp "fire" above.

Juvenile male above

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see also:

http://www.hillcountrycichlidclub.com/articles/Paralabidochromis%20sp.%20fire.pdf

http://www.bigskycichlids.com/Hsp_fire_red_uganda.htm

http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/other/haplochromis_sp_fire.html

http://aquarium-webzine.com/poisson-eau-douce-eau-de-mer.php?gallery/afrique-complexe-victoria/haplochromis-sp-red-fire-uganda

http://www.ciklid.org/artregister/artreg_visa_art.php?ID=2010

http://victoriancichlids.de/hapfru.htm