Frontosa Cichlid “Cyphotilapia frontosa”

Description

Cyphotilapia frontosa, also called the front cichlid and frontosa, is an east African species of fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika. The genus name is a combination of the Ancient Greek “cypho-“, meaning “curved”, and tilapia, which means “fish” in a local dialect. The species name frontosa is a reference to its relatively large forehead.