Sexual dimorphismYesStrong dichromatism: males blue-backed with golden-yellow breast and yellow dorsal fin; females plain pale blue-grey to light brown with yellow-edged fins. Multiple location color morphs (e.g. brown-backed males at Mbweca/Tumbi Point).

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The Cobwe population

Maylandia aurora "Cobwe" is the Cobwe population of Maylandia aurora, a geographic colour form from Lake Malawi in Lake Malawi part of the lake. It is the same species as Maylandia aurora, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

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About the species

Maylandia aurora is a small, sharply two-toned mbuna endemic to the northern reaches of Lake Malawi, where blue-and-gold males hold court along the seam where rocky reef meets open sand. It is the namesake of the "aurora group," a cluster of look-alike species whose females are so similar they often cannot be told apart by color alone. Long traded under three different genus names, it is a hardy, handsomely colored fish whose biggest in-tank liability is the same temper that makes it interesting in the wild.

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