Yellow sand cichlid
Yellow sand cichlid (Xenotilapia flavipinnis) is a small cichlid fish found only in Lake Tanganyika. It forms schools that swim over sandy bottoms. It grows to about 9.2 cm (3.6 inches) long. The species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. It was first described by Poll in 1985 and is sometimes kept in freshwater aquariums.
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