River

Bondele

One profile names the Bondele. That is what has been written, not what lives there.

Species: 1
Families: 1
Photographed: 1 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

That fish is also recorded from

Congo
Likoula
Lubi
Ogooué

Runs through

Central African Republic

Adult male specimen in normal colouration.

Congochromis sabinae

Cichlidae · Lamboj, 2005

This species was present in the hobby for some time prior to being officially described and the spectacular red fish first exported by Pierre Brichard in the 1960s appears to be a regional form of it. It was also known variously as Nanochromis sp. 'Bamanja', N. sp. 'Genema', N. sp. 'Makoua' and N. sp. Bloody Mary' prior to description, and continues to be mislabelled as N. squamiceps on trade lists. Diagnosis of C. sabinae is possible via a combination of c...

Moderate