Has anyone heard of this fish?

[Gabe]

My husbands cousin was telling me about a fish that one of his friends had that was called, Species 44. He said it was some sort of Cichlid that was new or something and didn't have a name. I'm not sure how accurate that is b/c he said it was a while ago. He said they were really cool fish though. Any help would be appreciated.

Gabe

 

[cassandra]

no i haven't sorry but thats is good to know!!!

 

[smb]

It's a Haplochromis called "species 44" or "Red Tail" from Lake Victoria.

Males get to around 5" and females up to 4". You can feed them spirulina flakes or daphnia. Best if kept with 1 male to 3 females and they are pretty aggro fish. After releasing the fry, take the female away from the male so she can rest.

 

[Gabe]

Thank you very much smb for that info. I looked up some pics on google and will show them to my husbands cousin to see if it is the same one he is thinking of. A very pretty fish though Thanks again!!

Oh if anyone has any other info or a link to a good site about them please let me know.

Gabe