Reganochromis calliurus "Karago"
Karago — kah-RAH-goh (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 Reganochromis calliurus account →Specific to Karago
- 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 Reganochromis calliurus.
The Karago population
Reganochromis calliurus "Karago" is the Karago population of Reganochromis calliurus, a geographic colour form from the Tanzania coast of Lake Tanganyika in the far northern part of the lake. It is the same species as Reganochromis calliurus, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Karago fish at tanganyika.si →
About the species
Reganochromis calliurus is a slender, silvery cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, the sole member of its genus and one of the lake's understated sand- and mud-dwellers. It makes a living patrolling the gently sloping sediment of deeper coastal waters, hunting shrimp and other invertebrates well below the depths most aquarium-trade Tanganyikans inhabit. Its most surprising trait is its breeding strategy: it is a biparental mouthbrooder, with male and female taking turns carrying the eggs and fry inside their mouths, swapping the brood back and forth in a quiet rocky cave.
Full Reganochromis calliurus account →Sources
- tanganyika.si — Reganochromis calliurus "Karago"
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes — Reganochromis calliurus (Boulenger, 1901)
- FishBase — Reganochromis calliurus (Boulenger, 1901)
- GBIF — Reganochromis calliurus (Boulenger, 1901)
- ITIS — Reganochromis calliurus
- O'Reilly et al. 2003, Climate change decreases aquatic ecosystem productivity of Lake Tanganyika (Nature)