Sciaenochromis fryeri

This article is about the aquarium fish usually sold as the electric blue hap. For the rarer species originally given that name, see Sciaenochromis ahli.

Sciaenochromis fryeri is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is found along the rocky coastal areas at depths of 10 to 40 metres (33 to 131 ft). This is the bright-blue fish widely sold in the aquarium trade as the "electric blue hap", a common name also applied to the lighter blue and much less common Sciaenochromis ahli.^[2][3][4] This fish can reach a length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) SL.^[5] The specific name honours Geoffrey Fryer (b. 1927) who was Fisheries Research Officer, Joint Fisheries Research Organisation of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.^[6]

Sciaenochromis fryeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Sciaenochromis
Species:	S. fryeri
Binomial name
Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993