Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos

Common name: Maingano This mbuna is often confused with M.

The Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, depth range 5 - 5 m environment.

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. Since it is an endemic species, there is not very much information available, except that posted below by owners. More

Above: Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos (formerly known as Melanochromis "maingano" or misspelled as "manigano"), photographed underwater at Likoma Island, Malawi. More

comparisons with pictures of the wild Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos on differents sites and cichlid books to the ones shown in those pages, we came to the conclusion that the fish in the pictures below may not represent the "typical" M. cyaneorhabdos. More

chipokae Melanochromis cyaneorhabdosMelanochromis labrosusMelanochromis lepidiadaptes Metriaclima estherae Metriaclima zebraPetrotilapia sp. (Blue Chirwa)Pseudotropheus crabro. More

The Blue Johanni Cichlid, Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos, comes from the shallow waters of Lake Malawi, Africa. These fish are a dark blue coloration with lighter blue horizonal stripes. The females will have lighter color bellies and shorter pelvic fins. More

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos was formerly known as M. "maingano", after a village located on the shore off which it is found. It can be distinguished from the similar M. More

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos for sale. These are an African Cichlid from Lake Malawi. They are 1 inch in size, asking $5 each or 5 for $20. Please call or email to inquire. More

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos is a rather new cichlid in the hobby. It is commonly found by the trading name Mel. sp. "maingano". Both males and females have the same nice colouration and it had become a very popular cichlid in malawi tanks. More

Common names

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos in Catalan (Català)
Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos in Norwegian (Norsk)
Siniviivamalawinahven in Finnish (suomen kieli)
蓝纹黑丽鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
蓝纹黑丽鱼 in Unknown
藍紋黑麗魚 in Mandarin Chinese
藍紋黑麗魚 in Unknown

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