Limnochromis staneri "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 size7.5 in19 cm total length
Temperature75–81 °F24–27 °C
pH8.6–9.3alkaline
Depth82 ft25 m
DietBenthic invertivore
BreedingBiparental mouthbrooderup to ~200 eggs (genus-typical, undocumented for this species)
Sexual dimorphismYesWeak; males grow somewhat larger with slightly longer fins, ripe females show a rounder belly and (in congeners) a touch more forebody sheen
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →The Cape Chaitika population
Limnochromis staneri "Cape Chaitika" is the Cape Chaitika population of Limnochromis staneri, a geographic colour form from the Zambia coast of Lake Tanganyika in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Limnochromis staneri, 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 — Limnochromis staneri "Cape Chaitika"
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes — staneri, Limnochromis (Poll 1949); current status Greenwoodochromis staneri
- FishBase — Greenwoodochromis staneri summary (size, distribution, sand-dweller, IUCN, trophic level)
- GBIF — Greenwoodochromis staneri (Poll, 1949) taxon and occurrence records
- Takahashi (2014) — Greenwoodochromini synonymized with Limnochromini; new combination Greenwoodochromis staneri (J. Fish Biology)
- Duftner et al. (2005) — Evolutionary relationships of the Limnochromini, a tribe of benthic deepwater cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika (J. Molecular Evolution)