African Cichlids

Perlmutt Cichlid Perlmutt means "mother of  pearl" in German and the word adequately describes the beautiful body color of the Perlmutt cichlid. Fi...

Polleni Cichlid These are really big, very cool cichlids from Madagascar. At two to three inches they show the distinctive solid black body with a ...

Rasberry Head Callochromis The rasberry part of the name of the Rasberry Head Callochromis refers to the ruby red color that develops on the top of...

Red Chromide Cichlid The red chromide cichlid, sometimes called the orange chromide, is wild caught from India and is remarkable in that this speci...

Red Empress Cichlid The male red empress gets an astonishing rainbow pattern, the female is also pretty with reflective bluish scales and is slight...

Snow White Cichlid The snow white zebra mbuna is a bit more peaceful than other mbunas and can get along with peacock cichlids. The solid white bod...

Spilonotus Cichlid The spilonotus cichlid is one of the most colorful African species with bold blue and yellow throughout the body. Even the femal...

Star Sapphire Cichlid In the aquarium trade most star sapphire cichlids are bred by domestic breeders and sold to AquariumFishSale and other aquari...

Altolamprologus Compressiceps sumbu The sumbu cichlid, or alto. compressiceps sumbu grow to only three inches and are true shell dwellers. Sumbu ci...

Taiwan Reef Cichlid Rainbow colors, primarily blue, makes this a sought after addition to most cichlids tanks. The Taiwan Reef is a herbivore, so m...

Thomasi Dwarf Cichlid The Thomasi cichlid, or African butterfly cichlid, is one of the smallest cichlids found in Africa. Thomasi cichlids have a t...

Tretocephalus Cichlid The tretocephalus cichlid is sometimes referred to as the five banded or five barred cichlid. Breeders use this common name t...

Tropheus Moorii Ilangi The tropheus moorii ilangi, or firecracker tropheus, is called the "king of the tropheus" because this species may be the ra...

Red Band Tropheus Moorii  The red band tropheus moorii, or tropheus moorii bemba, will begin showing color at two inches, though shipping size is n...

Tropheus Moorii Yellow Banded  The yellow band moorii, also called the Kaiser II Cichlid or the Tropheus Moorii Ikola, is a schooling cichlid in th...

Red Phoenix Tropheus Moorii  The Red Phoenix tropheus moorii, or Red Bishop Moorii, begins to show color at one inch and is a solid bright red moor...

USISYA Peacock Cichlid The flavescent peacock cichlid (flavescent means to turn yellow) is a natural color pattern found on rocky shorelines of ...

Venustus Cichlid This popular cichlid has colors of a giraffe with a blue face, grows to ten inches, and gets along with mbunas and peacocks. The c...

Williamsi Blue Lips Cichlid Williamsi blue lips cichlids, also called williamsi north cichlids, are mouth brooders from Lake Malawi with big blue l...

Xenotalapia bathyphilus  There is no common name for the Xenotalapia, so we all have to learn to say xenotalapia bathyphilus every time we talk to ...

Xenotalapia spilopterus  Like the bathyphilus, there is no common name for the Xenotalapia, so you just have to say xenotalapia spilopterus..  All ...

Yellow Kribensis Cichlid Normally our yellow kribs are wild caught from the tributaries of the Congo River. At present we are bringing these in fro...

Orange Blotch Zebra Cichlid The orange blotch zebra, or OB zebra cichlid, has a pattern similar to the show quality red usturi koi fish. This zebra...