Natural variant

Seven-bar (Kigoma) frontosa

A variant of Frontosa (Cyphotilapia frontosa)

Illustration based on published descriptions, not a photograph of a real specimen. Individuals vary.

A seven-barred morph of C. frontosa restricted to the Kigoma area on the east coast; morphometric studies treat it as conspecific with the six-bar Burundi form despite the extra bar.

This page covers the Seven-bar (Kigoma) frontosa variant. For full husbandry, water params, diet and health —General care: Frontosa →

Other Cichlids variants

Six-bar (Burundi) frontosa Blue Zaire / Kigoma deepwater forms