Red Zebra Cichlid Maylandia/Metriaclima (prev. Pseudotropheus) estherae

The Red Zebra is part of the Zebra complex of the Mbuna ("rock fish") cichlids on the eastern side of Africa's Lake Malawi, so named because many of them have dark vertical bars on their flanks. The Red Zebra is often blue with dark bars, mottled blue-gray on yellow (mainly females) or, as here, plain pink or red, depending on location.

They grow to some 10-13cm long. Adult males also have a few "egg spots" on their anal fin. Females mouth-brood their eggs and fry.