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African Cichlids from Lake Victoria

(Rock dwelling cichlids  ==> mbipi)

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Feel free to copy any picture you want from my web site.  I really don't care.  You can even put it onto your web site if you want to, just please don't pass it off as your own work.  All of the pictures on this site are of my fish (except those from the Columbus Zoo)  taken by me with my camera (Sony Mavica HD-95 2.1 megapixel, or my Sony F717 5 megapixel, or Canon Rebel XTi 400d 10.2 megapixel)

Cichlids from the Lake Victoria basin

I have done my best to correctly identify these cichlids.  This is not always an easy task since many of the Victorians are not scientifically classified and may never be.  There are too many victorians that look very similar to be sure of every species.  And what seems to be accepted in the US may be different from what is accepted in Europe.  Genus names in brackets with a question mark (?) are far from certain.

Lake George

Lake George

 

 Astatotilapia aeneocolor (male - aka yellow belly albert)

 Astatotilapia aeneocolor (female -  yellow belly albert)

 

Lake Kyoga

 

 Lake Kyoga

Lake Victoria 

 

Astatotilapia latifasciata (male - aka zebra obliquidens)

Astatotilapia latifasciata (female -aka zebra obliquidens)

Astatotilapia nubila (male)

Lake Kyoga

Lake Kyoga

 

Haplochromis sp "all red" Lake Kyoga (male)

Haplochromis sp "all red" Lake Kyoga (female)

 

Lake Kanyaboli

Lake Kanyaboli

 

Haplochromis (Xystichromis) sp "dayglow" (male)

Haplochromis (Xystichromis?) sp "dayglow" (female)

 Hybrid Xystichromis phytophagus??  

(male - aka christmas fulu + ?)

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Haplochromis sp "finebar scraper" (male) 

Haplochromis sp "finebar scraper" (female) 

 

 Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Haplochromis sp "flameback" (male)

Haplochromis sp "flameback" (female)

 

Lake George

Lake George

 

Haplochromis limax? (male)

Haplochromis limax? (female)

 

 

Haplochromis sp "red back scraper" (male)

Haplochromis sp "red back scraper" (male)

 

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria?

 

Haplochromis sp "red tail" (male aka species #44 aka "thickskin")

Haplochromis sp "red tail" (female aka species #44 aka "thickskin")

Mystery (hybrid?) Victorian

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Haplochromis sp "red tail sheller"   (male)

Haplochromis sp "red tail sheller"   (female)

 

Lake Kyoga

Lake Kyoga

 

  Haplochromis sp "ruby green" (male)

 Haplochromis sp "ruby green" (female)

 

 Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Haplochromis sp "ugandan fire" (male) 

Haplochromis sp "ugandan fire" (female) 

 

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Lithochromis rubripinnis?   (aka Blue Pseudonigricans)  male

Lithochromis rubripinnis?   (aka Blue Pseudonigricans)  female

 

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Lithochromis rufus   (aka  Red Pseudonigricans)  male

Lithochromis rufus   (aka  Red Pseudonigricans)  female

 

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Neochromis rufocaudalis (male)

Neochromis rufocaudalis (female)

 

 Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

 

 Paralabidochromis chromogynos (male)

Paralabidochromis chromogynos (female) 

 

 Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Paralabidochromis sp "rock kribensis" Mwanza Gulf (male)

Paralabidochromis sp "rock kribensis" Mwanza Gulf (female)

 

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Paralabidochromis sp "rock kribensis" Uganda (male)

Paralabidochromis sp "rock kribensis" Uganda (female)

 

rivers near Lake Victoria

rivers near Lake Victoria

 

 Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae (male)

 Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae (female)

 

 Lake Victoria

  Lake Victoria

 

 Pundamilia sp "blue bar" (male)

  Pundamilia sp "blue bar" (female)

 

 

Pundamilia nyererei "Makobe Island" male

Pundamilia nyererei Makobe Island" female

 

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

 

Pundamilia nyererei "Ruti Island" male

Pundamilia nyererei"Ruti Island"  female

 

Victorian Cichlids at the Columbus Zoo

Oreochromis variabilis

Pyxichromis orthostoma

Harpagochromis sp "two-stripe white lip"

Lipochromis parvidens

Labrochromis ishmaeli

?????????

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Kevin Bauman

And I will gladly accept constructive criticism, spelling corrections, mis-identifications etc.

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