African Cichlids - Victorian and Malawi

Pictures and info for dozens of Lake Malawi Cichlids

Welcome to VatoElvis.com! Most of the content that was original to VatoElvis.com has been relocated to Cichlid-Forum. There you will find hundreds of articles on keeping cichlids, nearly 1,500 cichlid profiles, thousands of cichlid photographs, thousands of aquarium setups, and a very active discussion board and Trading Post.

VatoElvis.com has been greatly reduced with less but more intimate information. Within these pages, you'll discover information about my aquarium setups and can view select photographs of some of my favorite cichlids.

This is a list of cichlids I've kept or currently keep. An asterisk indicates that I've bred it.
Altolamprologus calvus
Altolamprologus compressiceps
Astatotilapia latifasciata
Aulonocara baenschi *
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Aulonocara masoni
Aulonocara maulana
Aulonocara saulosi *
Aulonocara steveni "Mbamba Bay"
Aulonocara stuartgranti "Chipoka" *
Aulonocara stuartgranti "Cobue" *
Aulonocara stuartgranti "Ngara Flametail" *
Copadichromis azureus *
Copadichromis borleyi *
Copadichromis trewavasae *
Cyathopharynx furcifer
Cyphotilapia frontosa *
Cyprichromis leptosoma *
Cyrtocara moorii *
Dimidiochromis compressiceps *
Eretmodus cyanostictus
Haplochromis sp. "44 - Red Tail" *
Haplochromis sp. "All Red"
Haplochromis sp. "Dayglow"
Haplochromis sp. "Flameback"
Haplochromis sp. "Kenya Gold"
Haplochromis sp. "Ruby Green"
Julidochromis marlieri
Labeotropheus fuelleborni *
Labeotropheus trewavasae *
Labidochromis caeruleus *
Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt" *
Lamprologus calliurus
Lamprologus caudopunctatus *
Lamprologus ocellatus "Gold" *
Melanochromis auratus *
Metriaclima callainos *
Metriaclima estherae
Metriaclima lombardoi
Metriaclima pyrsonotos *
Neolamprologus cylindricus
Neolamprologus leleupi *
Nimbochromis livingstonii
Nimbochromis venustus *
Otopharynx lithobates *
Placidochromis electra *
Placidochromis milomo
Placidochromis sp. "Phenochilus Tanzania" *
Protomelas sp. "Spilonatus Tanzania" *
Protomelas taeniolatus *
Pseudotropheus demasoni *
Pseudotropheus elongatus *
Pseudotropheus flavus *
Pseudotropheus polit
Pseudotropheus saulosi *
Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" *
Pseudotropheus sp. "BB Chilumba"
Pseudotropheus sp. "Elongatus Chailosi" *
Pseudotropheus sp. "Orange Cap"
Sciaenochromis fryeri *
Telmatochromis vittatus *
Tropheus duboisi
Tropheus moorii



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