Maylandia lombardoi

<h2 id="distribution-and-habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2>
<p>It is <a href="/facts/Endemism/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to the rocky shores of Mbenji Island, <a href="/facts/Lake_Malawi/HISVIBDN">Lake Malawi</a> in <a href="/facts/East_Africa/WtsAyphI">east Africa</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The species is highly <a href="/facts/Sexually_dimorphic/nx9wulFy">sexually dimorphic</a>, females and juvenile males are pale white-blue with several blue-black vertical bands extending into the dorsal fin. Adult males turn bright yellow with faint brown bars crossing the body; fins are plain yellow with egg spots on the anal fin.
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<h2 id="in-the-aquarium">In the aquarium</h2>
<p>Kenyi cichlids are often found in the aquarium hobby. They are often kept in single-species tanks or with other similar Mbunas.
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<h2 id="reproduction">Reproduction</h2>
<p>Like most <a href="/facts/Mbuna/0wuuUDad">mbuna</a> <a href="/facts/Cichlid/xNuA9o1a">cichlids</a>, this species is a maternal <a href="/facts/Mouthbrooder/y7qJDzdJ">mouthbrooder</a>. When mouthbrooding, females may defend a small territory and assume the colouration of males.
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<h2 id="images-of-kenyi-cichlids">Images of Kenyi cichlids</h2>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Mbuna/0wuuUDad">Mbuna</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_freshwater_aquarium_fish_species/p9YNGHu9">List of freshwater aquarium fish species</a></li></ul>

<ul><li>Dick Mills, Aquarium Fish, Dorling Kindersly Books, 2000</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rainer_Froese/YSvh9csS">Froese, Rainer</a>; <a href="/facts/Daniel_Pauly/0JsBKSFT">Pauly, Daniel</a> (eds.). <a href="http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Maylandia&speciesname=lombardoi">"<i>Maylandia lombardoi</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/FishBase/SMpzPGmF">FishBase</a></i>. October 2006 version.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 December 2018. <a href="http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/" target="_blank">http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Maylandia lombardoi". FishBase. October 2018 version. <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Froese" target="_blank">/wiki/Rainer_Froese</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Maylandia lombardoi