Natural variant

Six-bar (Burundi) frontosa

A variant of Frontosa (Cyphotilapia frontosa)

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

The classic widely available form with six vertical black bars, collected historically from the Burundi (northern) end of Lake Tanganyika. Six- and seven-bar morphs of true C. frontosa are now regarded as the same species.

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

Other Cichlids variants

Seven-bar (Kigoma) frontosa Blue Zaire / Kigoma deepwater forms