Tropheus Week – Day 3 Tropheus “Golden Kushangaza” Colourational anomaly at Udachi Point in Lake Tanganyika On the 4th of April 1990 our team went diving at Udachi Point. This is a rocky habitat located just a few hundred metres from our camp at Katoba, near Udachi {see map here http://goo.gl/bNZj0c}. One of the divers, Yusuph Maridadi, made a truly remarkable discovery by spotting a conspicuous golden coloured Tropheus among the regular black individuals. This first golden individual made its w

Tropheus in Mtosi Bay (HD video footage) In 1990, while surveying the areas of Namansi Bay and Mtosi Bay, we found a type of Tropheus with a striped body and dorsal fin of a mainly yellowish colouration. This was a Tropheus moorii-like species which was referred to as “Yellow Rainbow”. Based on the geographical distribution (extending along the southern Tanzanian coast of Lake Tanganyika, between Katale Bay and Pinga Point, a distance of about 20 km, or 30 km along the shoreline of capes and bay

Tropheus at Maswa, Tanzania Come along to Lake Tanganyika and take a peek underwater at Maswa. In the shallows lives Tropheus sp. "Crescentic", whereas Tropheus duboisi is encountered in deeper waters. Video footage captured in December 2007. Get more information about Tropheus sp. "Crescentic" from African Diving Blog: http://blog.africandivingltd.com/2015/03/kushangaza-at-halembe-in-lake.html This month 20 years ago, our first website was published online. See screenshots of the typical appear