Valid name: Haplochromis limax
Synonym: NA
Common name: Limax "Red Chest"
Location: Lake George and Lake Edward
Adult male size: 4 inches (9 cm)
Diet:
Haplochromis limax are not found in Lake Victoria itself. They originate from the satellite lakes in the Victorian basin north of Lake Tanganyika.
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Personal Notes: The fish on this page were SOLD TO ME as Haplochromis limax "Red Chest" by a trusted aquarium store that claims they were purchased from Old World Exotics. However, there seems to be very little consistant information about this fish available. The pictures of the limax from Europe are very different from my pictures below. And other pictures of the limax being kept by other hobbiests in the US appears to be either a third varient or a different species altogether.
Old World => http://www.cichlidnewsmagazine.com/issues/oct2000/whatsnew.html
Above is one of my 3.5 inch (9 cm) Haplochromis limax "Red Chest"
Above is the same fish using the flash
Above left is the 3 inch (8 cm) subdominant male and on the right one of the 2.5 inch (6.5 cm) females
Above are two pictures of the same fish in various moods. On the right is the stressed coloration.
Next Victorian = Haplochromis sp. "Red Back Scraper" HOME
See also: (As you can see...absolutely no consistancy here!)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1549
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6761
http://petsforum.com/aquageo/Posters/photos/E08259.jpg
http://www.cichlidnewsmagazine.com/issues/oct2000/whatsnew.html
