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Lavender Cichlid

Iodotropheus sprengerae

Classification

Family
Cichlidae

Iodotropheus sprengerae, the rusty cichlid, lavender mbuna or lavender cichlid, is a species of cichlid endemic to the Boadzulu and Chinyankwazi Islands and Chinyamwezi Island regions of Lake Malawi. It prefers a temperature range of 24–26 °C (75–79 °F). Rusty cichlids are elongate fish that can grow up to 10.

Distribution

(c) Gerard Delany, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
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