Electric yellow cichlid

About the fish:

The electric yellow cichlid, Labidochromis caeruleus, is a freshwater fish, a cichlid. It is also known as lemon yellow lab, the blue streak hap, the electric yellow African, and is called the yellow prince in the Philippines. It is endemic to the central western coastal region of Lake Malawi, at the Lion’s Cove and Nkhata Bay areas, in East Africa. It has become a popular commercial fish for aquarium enthusiasts. Their bodies are strikingly bright yellow, having sometimes dark black streaks on their fins. While specimens kept by aquarists are generally bright yellow with black markings, specimens from different areas of Lake Malawi exhibit different coloring. In their natural habitat, electric yellow grow to about 7 cm in length, and have been known to reach 15 cm in captivity.

This species is a maternal mouth brooder, meaning the eggs are carried, hatch, and develop in the mother’s mouth (buccal cavity), for about three weeks. electric yellows should not be kept with freshwater community aquarium species such as Zebra Danios or Neon Tetras, they may nip the finnage of other species, and are not recommended for freshwater community aquariums because of the differences in the natural habitats between cichlids and other fish species.