Blue Eye Cichlid

Usually lays eggs in sand depressions. Produces 300-400 offspring per spawning.

Inhabits lakes and rivers, preferring the shallows and bank areas. Found over sand, mud and rock bottoms and prefers the slower moving waters of the lower river valleys (Ref. 7335). Herbivore (Ref. 78170).

Inhabits lakes and rivers, preferring the shallows and bank areas. Found over sand, mud and rock bottoms and prefers the slower moving waters of the lower river valleys (Ref. 7335).

fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial