Sciaenochromis fryeri is a solitarily living fish in Lake Malawi, mostly seen in areas with both rocks and sand. Fryeri lives of young "mbuna" and "utaka". This fish is a carnivore.

The male has a beautiful steelblue colour with a white spot on his head, the female is gray. In my aquarium, the male is near 20 cm, the female 12 cm.

The couple in my aquarium behaves quite calmly and they swim through everything, without having notice of what happens around them. They are mostly seen at the edge of the rocks. They haven't had any interest in eachother so far, so there hasn't been any offspring yet.

They eat almost everything: there is always enough young fish in the aquarium where they can feed on, but the normal food is eaten by them as well.

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