Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north' "Kigoma"
Kigoma — kee-GOH-mah (approx.)
The fish
How this cichlid is built, and everything about how it lives, eats and breeds, is shared with the species — this page doesn't repeat it.
Read the full Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north' account →Specific to Kigoma
- Collection locality & coordinates
- Local coloration — best judged from the living-fish photo
- Kept as a single-provenance line, never crossed with other collection points
Care facts below are the species' — shared with Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north'.
The Kigoma population
Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north' "Kigoma" is the Kigoma population of Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north', a geographic colour form from the Tanzania coast of Lake Tanganyika in the northern part of the lake. It is the same species as Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north', distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Kigoma fish at tanganyika.si →
About the species
Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north' is an undescribed featherfin cichlid of Lake Tanganyika — a distinctive geographic colour form (or complex of forms) recognized and traded by aquarists and documented in the biotope literature, but not yet formally described. Like the lake's other locality forms, it is kept and bred by collection point, and its value to hobbyists lies precisely in that documented provenance.
Full Cyathopharynx sp. 'furcifer north' account →