Metriaclima Flavifemina Maleri Island 5-6cm

The Yellow Lady: Metriaclima Flavifemina Maleri Island

Introduce a unique dimension of colour harmony to your African cichlid collection with the superb Metriaclima Flavifemina Maleri Island.

This popular Mbuna cichlid, sometimes referred to by its former scientific name Maylandia flavifemina, translates literally to "yellow female", highlighting its most distinctive and desirable trait. 

It originates from the rocky shores of the Maleri Island group in Lake Malawi.

The sexually mature male displays a brilliant, deep metallic blue body with distinct vertical barring, providing a striking contrast to the female, which maintains a luminous and rare bright yellow to orange-gold colouration.

The Flavifemina is an active and rewarding addition, providing a vibrant centrepiece where both sexes are highly decorative—a feature seldom found in territorial Mbuna cichlids.

Features a highly unusual trait among Mbuna: the female retains a brilliant yellow or gold colouration, ensuring your aquarium is bright and lively regardless of the fish's sex.

Hails from the specific and authentic Maleri Island locality, ensuring robust genetics and the true blue-male/yellow-female pairing this strain is known for.

Reaches a manageable size of around 4 to 5 inches (10-13 cm), making it an ideal medium-sized, colourful addition to a mixed-Mbuna display.

Possesses a moderately territorial disposition, ideally suited for tanks with ample rockwork and other similarly sized, herbivorous cichlids.

Thrives in standard African Rift Lake conditions with hard, alkaline water (pH 7.5-8.5) and a diet based primarily on high-quality vegetable and spirulina-rich foods.

Expertly sourced and maintained specimens ensure you receive healthy, high-quality Maleri Island Cichlids with optimal colour potential in both males and females.

Don't miss the chance to own this bright and highly distinctive Metriaclima Flavifemina Maleri Island.

Shop with confidence and rely on quality for your next powerful blue and yellow Mbuna.