Description
Chromidotilapia guntheri from Bama (Burkina Faso) pair with fry
Date 15 November 2006 (original upload date)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chromidotilapia_guntheri_Bama_BF_cpl_fry2.jpg

Chromidotilapia guntheri, Günther's mouthbrooder, is a cichlid from Africa. The species is noted for being a biparental mouthbrooder. Eggs are laid on a flat open surface and taken in the parents' mouth. Unlike many mouthbrooding cichlid species, both parents participate in the mouthbrooding. The female is more colorful than the male. Both sexes are a generally tan color, but the female has a pink belly and a metallic white stripe on the dorsal fin.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Chromidotilapiini
Genus: Chromidotilapia
Species: Chromidotilapia guntheri (Sauvage, 1882)
Synonyms:
Hemichromis guentheri Sauvage, 1882
Hemichromis guntheri Sauvage, 1882