Venustus

It is a popular freshwater aquarium fish which grows between 8 and 12 inches in length.

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The Venustus lives in the demersal, non-migratory, freshwater, pH range: 7.2 - 8.8, dH range: 10 - 18, depth range 6 - 23 m environment.

The Venustus, also called the Giraffe Hap, is generally easy to care for as long as the aquarist realizes their predatory nature and need for a lot of space. They are not as demanding as far as water quality compared to most cichlids. More

Venustus males often assume a blue coloration when sexually active, with the blue being most intense on the head. In the wild, this species hunts small cichlids by plowing slightly into the sand when it spots small juvenile cichlids. More

Nimbochromis venustus, commonly called Venustus Hap or Giraffe Hap, is a Haplochromine cichlid native to Lake Malawi in Africa. It prefers the deeper regions of Lake Malawi where it hunts smaller juvenile cichlids with a specialised hunting technique. More

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Nimbochromis venustus, a large Malawian mouthbrooder, was first typed by Boulenger in 1908 as Haplochromis Venustus. In 1989 it was reclassified into the species Nimbochromis by Eccles and Trewavas. Female Nimbochromis venustusNimbochromis venustus is closely related to Nimbochromis livingtonii. More

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The Venustus Cichlid (meaning refined or elegant) is a large cichlid with the male having a blue face with yellow markings across the head and dorsal fin. The female is less colorful with a silver background behind a dark blotched pattern. More

The Venustus Angel is very popular and seldom available. More

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Venustus is a popular fresh water aquarium fish. And I just kind of like the sound of it. I do not like fish at all. Happy reading .. More

Welcome to our haplochromis venustus webpage for owners and haplochromis venustus enthusiasts. haplochromis venustus information - In colloquial use, "haplochromines" tend to refer primarily to the open-water piscivorous species as opposed to the herbivorous rock-dwelling mbuna. More

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Common names

Chibang'ombi in Tonga (faka Tonga)
Mbuna in Nyanja
Påfuglemundruger in Danish (dansk)
Pfauenmaulbrüter in German (Deutsch)
Riikinkukkohautoja in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Venustus in English

Order : Perciformes
Family : Cichlidae
Genus : Nimbochromis
Species : Nimbochromis venustus
Authority : Boulenger, 1908