Tank Talk Magazine March 2010 | Page 35

35 Figure 2 and with a different shade of lippy Chalinochromis brichardi The Chalinochromis brichardi species, described in 1974 by Poll, occur in a broad region in the north of the lake from Kalemie in the Congo, including Burundi where the first specimen was described and down to Halembe in Tanzania and a separate area in the southern tip from Kechese in Zambia, nearly to Kasanga in Tanzania. (see map on page 46) As adults the fish have fairly plain body markings but a distinct bridle-like patterning around the head and face. (See Figure 3 next page) Rather curiously the brichardi are the only Chalinochromis species listed on the allowable-imports list where their entry states “Chalinochromis brichardi, bridles morph only, with minimum length 5cm” yet there seem to be very few actually coming into the country and even less being bred.