Six-bar Cichlid Neolamprologus sexfasciatus

The Six-bar Cichlid (also called 6-bar Lamp/Lamprologus) is native to southern Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. There are different colour variants by region (mainly gold, pale yellow, silver or white), that shown being a Gold. They have 6 black bars on the body (excluding the "headphones" between the eyes but including the tail). They grow to 15cm (6 inches) long.

Above left with a female Humphead from the northern part of the lake. Sometimes the bars are not much more than black spots, usually with shadow bars. Eggs are laid and fertilised in a rock cave and initially cared for and fanned by the female. Soon after hatching, the male protects the fry from predators.