Pelvicachromis humilis and close relatives from Guinea (2): Pelvicachromis humilis DIKINYAH and FALESADE

29. April 2015

This
variety has the following characteristics: in males, the caudal fin is
yellow without any pattern, the ventral fin blue and the dorsal fin has a
red border. The horizontal stripe seems to be composed of spots. The
dorsal fin of the female is bright yellow and has black spots in the
upper backward part of the spiny part of the dorsal. The change of
coloration in excited females is dramatically. The initially yellow face
mask changes over green to almost black, the horizontal stripe
disappears and the belly glows in yellow-pink.

For our customers: the fish have code 559533 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer


Pelvicachromis humilis “Falesade”

This
impressive variety is almost identical with P. humilis “Dikinyah”.
Males differ from that variety by the colour of the anal fin, which is
red flamed in “Falesade”. Both sexes of “Falesade” have a violet tinge
all over the body.

One
should keep all these P.-humilis relationship in spacy aquaria with
fine sand as bottom and caves for breeding. It is important to keep them
not too warm: 22-24°C are the best choice.

For our customers: the animals have code 559593 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer