The coloring of the male is much more intense than the female. The head is pale blue, while the body is light golden-yellow. Size: To 25 cm in captivity, to 30 cm in nature. Habitat: Eastern Africa; sandy parts of Lake Malawi. Diet: Carnivore Gender Differences: Dimorphic Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Aulonocara Species: Aulonocara baenschi (Meyer & Riehl, 1985)
The coloring of the male is much more intense than the female. The head is pale blue, while the body is light golden-yellow. Size: To 25 cm in captivity, to 30 cm in nature. Habitat: Eastern Africa; sandy parts of Lake Malawi. Diet: Carnivore Gender Differences: Dimorphic Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Aulonocara Species: Aulonocara baenschi (Meyer & Riehl, 1985)