Six-banded Distichodus Distichodus sexfasciatus

Six-banded Distichodus
Six-banded Distichodus
The Six-banded Distichodus is native to Africa's Congo river basin (DR Congo, Rep. Congo, Central African Republic) and Lake Tanganyika, Zambia and Angola.
(The fish above actually have seven bands but the snout is rounded - not long and slim enough to be the Long-nosed Distichodus).
Six-banded Distichodus
Six-banded Distichodus
Six-banded Distichodus
A schooling fish, it is named after its six dark bands . . .
Six-banded Distichodus with Congo Tetra
Six-banded Distichodus
Six-banded Distichodus
but both the bands and the orange colour fade as they age.
Six-banded Distichodus
Six-banded Distichodus
Adults can reach 75cm (30 inches) long.