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Name
Scientific name
Neolamprologus brichardi
Described by
Authority Poll, Year 1974, Bracketed
Family
Cichlidae
Summary
Neolamprologus brichardi is a small cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, found mainly over rocky shores in the northern half of the lake. Kn…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
90mm, total length
Tank size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Temperature and pH
Temperature 23–26°C, pH 8–9
Hardness
9–19dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A pair
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries
Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania
Supporting text
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it's recorded from the shores of Burundi, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fish with the brichardi head pat…
Habitat
Rocky shoreline, mostly between 5 and 25 m deep (Konings, 1993). It gathers in large groups that can look like shoals, but most adults in them live as breeding…
Aquarium size
A single pair can be kept in a tank 80 cm long. If you want to keep a family group and see the young helping to raise later broods (see 'Reproduction'), use so…
Maintenance
Set the tank up like the rocky shore of Lake Tanganyika, with piles of rock arranged to form caves over much of the aquarium and a sandy substrate. It needs ha…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
In the lake it feeds mainly on plankton picked from open water above the rocks (Hori et al., 1983). In the aquarium it takes most foods. Live and frozen foods …
Behaviour and compatibility
A territorial fish that defends its patch persistently (Konings, 1993), and more so when it has fry. It's best kept in a species tank. In a large aquarium it c…
Sexual dimorphism
Not easy to sex. Adult males are usually a little larger than females and grow longer extensions to the dorsal and caudal fins.
Reproduction
A cave spawner, and one of the easier Tanganyikan cichlids to breed. Pairs form within a group, so unless you can buy a bonded pair, start with at least six yo…
Notes
Known in the hobby as the Princess of Burundi, the trade name it was given when the first fish were exported from Burundi in 1971 (Konings, 1993). Trewavas and…
References
References
No references