Frontosa card

1 card at trading-card size (63 × 88 mm), nine to a letter page. Print double-sided and flip on the long edge so each back lands behind its front. Then cut along the dashed lines. Card sleeves fit.

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Frontosa

Frontosa ≈

Cichlids · CyphotilapiaNT

  • 23–27°C
  • pH 8–9!
  • Calm
  • 10 in!
  • Mid
  • Meat
  • Semi-agg.!
  • 5+ group

Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.

Northern Lake Tanganyika: deep rocky slopes 15-70 m, Cape Tembwe to Bulu Point

Frontosa

Cyphotilapia frontosa

Northern Lake Tanganyika: deep rocky slopes 15-70 m, Cape Tembwe to Bulu Point · lake

Temperature
23–27°C
pH
8–9
Adult size
10 in · 25.5 cm
Flow
Calm
Swims
Mid-water
Temperament
Semi-aggressive
Diet
Carnivore
Group
5+
Status in the wild
Near threatened

Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.

Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.

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savethelittlefish.org/species/frontosa/

Photo: Maha Dinesh, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Frontosa

Frontosa ≈

Cichlids · CyphotilapiaNT

  • 23–27°C
  • pH 8–9!
  • Calm
  • 10 in!
  • Mid
  • Meat
  • Semi-agg.!
  • 5+ group

Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.

Northern Lake Tanganyika: deep rocky slopes 15-70 m, Cape Tembwe to Bulu Point

Frontosa

Cyphotilapia frontosa

Northern Lake Tanganyika: deep rocky slopes 15-70 m, Cape Tembwe to Bulu Point · lake

Temperature
23–27°C
pH
8–9
Adult size
10 in · 25.5 cm
Flow
Calm
Swims
Mid-water
Temperament
Semi-aggressive
Diet
Carnivore
Group
5+
Status in the wild
Near threatened

Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.

Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.

Scan for the full profile
savethelittlefish.org/species/frontosa/

Photo: Maha Dinesh, CC BY-SA 3.0