Steatocranus irvinei

[ziggyzoo]

Anyone keep steatocranus irvinei?

 

[Madness]

Cool, i like it.

 

[fishguy1978]

I have never heard of these and neither has google . Cool looking fish.

 

[ziggyzoo]

I just got it from aquarium co op. Also called blue lip buffalo cichlid. It's like my new favorite fish

 

[fishguy1978]

Now, Buffalo heads I have heard of.

 

[DMD123]

Cool fish!

 

[sir_keith]

Steatocranus are pretty cute for a fish that doesn't swim! They just sort of hop from place to place! There are lots of cool West African cichlids that have never really become mainstream in the hobby, and new ones are being imported all the time, like this little beauty, Nanochromis splendens-



Or this little beauty, Nanochromis transvestitus, one of my all-time favourites. This is a female; the males aren't nearly as pretty-

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[ziggyzoo]

Steatocranus are pretty cute for a fish that doesn't swim! They just sort of hop from place to place! There are lots of cool West African cichlids that have never really become mainstream in the hobby, and new ones are being imported all the time, like this little beauty, Nanochromis splendens-

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Or this little beauty, Nanochromis transvestitus, one of my all-time favourites. This is a female; the males aren't nearly as pretty-

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Wow! Those are gorgeous!