Tropheus sp. kaiser "Kushangaza"

Kushangazakoo-shahn-GAH-zah (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.

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Specific to Kushangaza

  • 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 Tropheus sp. kaiser.

IUCNNOT EVALUATED
NEnot on the EX–LC scale
CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size5.5 in14 cm total length
Temperature75–81 °F24–27 °C
pH7.8–9alkaline
Depth3–49 ft1–15 m
Dietherbivore — grazes algal aufwuchs from the upper rocky littoral
Breedingmaternal mouthbroodersmall, ~5–20 large eggs
Sexual dimorphismYesweak; venting needed to sex reliably
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Kushangaza population

Tropheus sp. kaiser "Kushangaza" is the Kushangaza population of Tropheus sp. kaiser, a geographic colour form from Lake Tanganyika in Lake Tanganyika part of the lake. It is the same species as Tropheus sp. kaiser, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Kushangaza fish at tanganyika.si

About the species

Tropheus sp. kaiser is an undescribed rock-grazing Tropheus 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.

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Sources

  1. tanganyika.si — Tropheus sp. 'kaiser' Kushangaza
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (California Academy of Sciences)