Daffodil – Neolamprologus pulcher – Juvenile

The Daffodil (Neolamprologus pulcher) has yellow to orange fins on a dusky gray or tan colored body, and blue-violet markings on the face. Their elongated fins have fine white tips. This fish is somewhat aggressive, particularly when protecting its fry. They are best kept in a species-only tank, or with a group of larger docile tankmates like Cyprichromis. Daffodils tend to stay in a group, in the wild they are found in groups numbering in the hundreds. In the aquarium, they may be kept in pairs or in harems in larger tanks.

Cichlids from Lake Tanganyika can be divided into several main varieties. Some of the most popular are the shell-dwellers and torpedo-like bottom-dwellers from the genera Lamprologus, Neolamprologus, Altolamprologus and Julidochromis. These fish are very similar and the sceintific classification of some, especially the Neo/Alto/Lamprologus cichlids, have been reclassified often in recent years. Cichlids from the Cyprichromis and Paracyprichromis genera are open-water sardine-like fish usually found in schools in their native lake. Tropheus cichlids and the \