Neolamprologus brichardi "Kala Bay"Princess of Burundi
Neolamprologus brichardi (Bemba, Bilila (Kavala) Island, Bulu Point, Cape Chaitika, Cape Kabogo, Cape Kachese, Cape Nambeyeye, Cape Nangu, Chamepa Point, Chisanze Beach, Fulwe Rocks, Gombe NP, Halembe, Ifala, Isaba Point, Izinga Island, Jakobsen's Beach, Kala Bay, Kalala Island, Kalyeza Bay, Kamamba Island, Kanania, Kanena Point, Kapampa, Kapumpuli, Karilani Island, Kashekezi, Kashia Island, Kasisi Island, Kasola Island, Kasola North, Katabe Bay, Katili, Katumbi Point, Kerenge Island, Kigoma, Kiku, Kilingwe Point, Kipili, Kiriza, Kisi Island, Kitango Rocks, Kungwe Point, Luagala Point, Lupita Island, Lupote Rocks, Lusekese Bay, Lusungura Point, Lwasase Bay, Lwilwi Island, Lyela, Magara, Maleza Island, Mawimbi, Mbofula Points, Mikongolo Island, Milima Island, Miyako Point, Mlowa Point, Mtosi, Mvuna Island, Mwila Island, Nakiwumbu Rocks, Namansi, Namlimba Point, Natimba Point, Nausingili Island, Ninde, Nkondwe Island, Nkonkonti Point, Pinga Point, Popo Rocks, Rumonge, Sangalawe Point, Segunga Bay, Semwe Rocks, Singa Island, Southern Tanzania, Sumbu, Tundu (Kala Bay), Twiu Point, Ulwile Island, Yamsamba Island)
Kala Bay — KAH-lah BAY (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 Neolamprologus brichardi account →Specific to Kala Bay
- 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 Neolamprologus brichardi.
The Kala Bay population
Neolamprologus brichardi "Kala Bay" is the Kala Bay population of Neolamprologus brichardi, a geographic colour form from the Tanzania coast of Lake Tanganyika in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Neolamprologus brichardi, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Kala Bay fish at tanganyika.si →
About the species
Neolamprologus brichardi, the "Princess of Burundi," is a small, lyre-tailed cichlid endemic to the rocky shores of Lake Tanganyika and one of the most recognizable fish in the entire African-cichlid hobby. Pale fawn with a black-and-gold "T" marking on the gill cover and trailing white fin filaments, it is famous less for its color than for its behavior: in the wild it gathers in aggregations that can number in the thousands, and within those crowds it raises young cooperatively, with older offspring staying on as "helpers" that defend and tend their parents' later broods. That single trait has made the brichardi/pulcher group one of the most intensively studied social systems in all of fishes — and the source of a taxonomic argument that still isn't fully settled.
Full Neolamprologus brichardi account →Sources
- tanganyika.si — Neolamprologus brichardi "Kala Bay"
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes — Neolamprologus brichardi (Poll, 1974)
- FishBase — Neolamprologus brichardi summary
- GBIF — Neolamprologus brichardi (Poll, 1974), accepted taxon (key 2371754)
- Duftner et al. 2007 — Parallel evolution of facial stripe patterns in the N. brichardi/pulcher complex (summarized)
- Bergmüller et al. 2005 — Helpers stay and pay or disperse and breed (Proc. R. Soc. B / PMC)
- IUCN Red List — Neolamprologus brichardi "Kala Bay"