RegionFreshwaterBrackish

Africa

The Great Rift Lakes drive the African hobby — Malawi and Tanganyika host some of the most diverse cichlid radiations on Earth. West Africa and Madagascar add further biodiversity.

401 species

WaterAll Freshwater Brackish

TypeAll Fish Coral Plants Inverts

Sub-regions

Lake Tanganyika Lake Malawi Lake Victoria West & Central Africa Madagascar

Zebra Obliquidens

Fish

Haplochromis latifasciatus

A critically endangered Lake Kyoga cichlid that breeds readily in home aquariums.

Zebra Tilapia

Fish

Tilapia buttikoferi

Bold, beautifully barred, and notoriously combative. Not for the faint-hearted.

Zimbabwe Rock

Fish

Otopharynx lithobates

A cave-dwelling Malawi cichlid that turns neon blue when ready to breed.

Zona

Fish

Bedotia geayi

A rare Malagasy rainbowfish that forms size-sorted shoals in cool highland streams.

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Zona

Fish

Bedotia madagascarensis

A rarely-seen Malagasy rainbowfish with a long hobby history and a complicated identity.

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