Chalinochromis brichardi "Cape Chaitika"
Cape Chaitika — KAYP chah-ee-TEE-kah (approx.)
The fish
How this cichlid is built, and everything about how it lives, eats and breeds, is shared with the species — this page doesn't repeat it.
Read the full the base species account →Specific to Cape Chaitika
- Collection locality & coordinates
- Local coloration — best judged from the living-fish photo
- Kept as a single-provenance line, never crossed with other collection points
Care facts below are the species' — shared with the base species.
IUCNLEAST CONCERN · 2025
EXEWCRENVUNTLC
CARESNOT LISTED
EWCRENVUNTnot on the priority list
Scientific size4.7 in12 cm total length
Temperature75–81 °F24–27 °C
pH8.6–9.3alkaline
Depth10–66 ft3–20 m
DietPicks invertebrates & biocover from rocks
BreedingSubstrate brooder (cave/crevice spawner)up to ~120 eggs
Sexual dimorphismYesWeak: sexes look alike; mature males tend to run slightly larger, with no reliable color difference
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →The Cape Chaitika population
Chalinochromis brichardi "Cape Chaitika" is the Cape Chaitika population of Chalinochromis brichardi, a geographic colour form from the Zambia coast of Lake Tanganyika in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Chalinochromis brichardi, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Cape Chaitika fish at tanganyika.si →
Sources
- tanganyika.si — Chalinochromis brichardi "Cape Chaitika"
- FishBase: Chalinochromis brichardi
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (California Academy of Sciences)
- GBIF: Chalinochromis brichardi Poll, 1974
- Encyclopedia of Life: Chalinochromis brichardi
- FishBase: Chalinochromis cyanophleps (diagnosis vs. C. brichardi)