Egyptian Mouthbrooder
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor
The Egyptian Mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Cichlidae. It lives on the bottom. It grows to 8 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern. In the aquarium it is kept at 20–26 °C.
- Size
- 8 cmtotal length
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.2
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the aquarium
Temperature20–26 °C
pH6.5–7.2
Hardness5–15 °dGH
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- On the bottom
Conservation status
Classification
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
- GenusPseudocrenilabrus
- SpeciesPseudocrenilabrus multicolor
Quick answers
- Egyptian Mouthbrooder size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 8 cm (total length).
- Egyptian Mouthbrooder water parameters: what does it need?
- Temperature 20–26 °C, pH 6.5–7.2, hardness 5–15 °dGH.
- Egyptian Mouthbrooder: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi
Southern MouthbrooderPseudocrenilabrus philander
Red zebra cichlidMaylandia estherae
Yellow lab cichlidLabidochromis caeruleus
Keyhole cichlidCleithracara maronii
Demasoni cichlidPseudotropheus demasoni
Convict cichlidAmatitlania nigrofasciata
Bolivian ramMikrogeophagus altispinosus
Freshwater angelfishPterophyllum scalare
Cockatoo cichlidApistogramma cacatuoides
KribensisPelvicachromis pulcher
German blue ramMikrogeophagus ramirezi
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.