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Name
Scientific name
Neolamprologus pulcher
Described by
Authority Trewavas & Poll, Year 1952, Bracketed
Family
Cichlidae
Common names
Brichardi
Photograph credits
All 2 credited
Summary
Known in the hobby as the brichardi, Neolamprologus pulcher is a cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it lives over rocky shoreline. I…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
72mm, total length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 23–27°C, pH 8–9
Hardness
9–25dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Species tank only
Social needs
A pair
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Lake Tanganyika
Writing
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, mainly in the southern half of the lake, where it replaces N. brichardi, with type locality the town of Kasanga in southwestern Tan…
Habitat
Areas of shoreline with rocky substrates.
Aquarium size
Single fish or pairs can be kept in quite small aquaria but if you want to see it display natural cooperative breeding behaviour (see 'Reproduction') use somet…
Maintenance
Should be housed in a Lake Tanganyika biotope set-up, with piles of rocks arranged to form caves filling much of the aquarium. A sandy substrate is preferable.
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Live and frozen foods should comprise a large proportion of the diet. Dried foods can be fed, but less often. Some vegetable matter, such as spirulina or blanc…
Behaviour and compatibility
Not an ideal resident of the community aquarium since it's aggressively territorial, especially when protecting fry, and is therefore best kept in a species ta…
Sexual dimorphism
Adult males are usually slightly larger and develop longer extensions to the dorsal and caudal fins than females.
Reproduction
This species is a substrate-spawner depositing its eggs on the roof of rocky caves in nature, and is easily-bred in aquaria. Unless a bonded adult pair is avai…
Notes
Deservedly one of the most popular Tanganyikan species available in the hobby, N. pulcher is ideal for newcomers to both Rift Lake cichlids and cichlids in gen…
References
References
1 on this profile