AFRICAN CICHLIDS.
Order Perciformes
Family Cichlidae
Subfamily ( Pseudocrenilabrinae )
Genus Mbipia.
— Mbipia lutea [Seehausen & Bouton, 1998]. Lake Victoria. 22 cm. Color is silvery-yellow. Head is grey-blue. Back ranges from reddish-brown to orange-red, transitioning towards the belly into yellow to greenish, with the lower belly being black. Depending on mood, seven black vertical bars run across the body. A black stripe runs through the eye to the corner of the mouth. Fins are light blue. Fin tips have a red stripe. The elongated rays of the dorsal and caudal fins are bright blue. Pelvic fins are black.
Keep 1 male to 3-4 females. Has a very high intraspecific aggressiveness. Do not introduce new fish or change the aquarium layout in an established community, otherwise only one will survive and the rest will be killed. Algae eaters.
— Mbipia mbipi [Seehausen & Bouton, 1998]. Synonym: Haplochromis mbipi. Lake Victoria. Inhabit stony and rocky areas. 12 cm, females are smaller. Males, especially during the breeding season, become almost black with a broad red border on the caudal fin and narrow ones on the dorsal and anal fins. Females have a general grey body coloration with vertical stripes on the upper part of the flanks.
Males are very aggressive towards each other, especially during spawning. A large aquarium and rocky hiding places for subdominants are required. Aggressiveness is reduced by rainbowfish swimming in the upper water layers. Water ranges from neutral to hard, with weekly water changes of up to 40%. Feed on a variety of foods such as diatoms and filamentous algae, detritus, insect larvae, bloodworms, flakes.
Identification: Genus Mbipia.
Genus Myaka.
— Myaka myaka [Trewavas, 1972]. Cameroon. 8-10 cm. Dominant males during the breeding period become blue-black or black in the posterior part of the body with a silver head. Eyes are red. Aggressive towards their own species. The dominant male occupies a breeding territory and defends it.
Nanochromis consortus, nudiceps, parilus, splendens, transvestitus.
Lithochromis rubripinnis, rufus, xanthopteryx. 
