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Stigmatochromis sp."silver tolae" is living in the sandy environments of the intermediate zones from rocks to sand. Regardig its form and behaviour it bears resemblance to Stigmatochromis melanchros. This species can be found probably only in the utmost northern part of the lake. The males of this species donn`t color dark but remain silvery, this as opposed to Stigmatochromis melanchros. This male example was found in the neighbourhood of Itungi. In the lake the males of these species can grow to 20 cm, females grow to about 17 cm. Stigmatochromis sp."silver tolae" is a real predator. Young fish belong to his favourite meal. You can best keep this species with multiple females and other big species in a large tank. We are dealing here with a species which likes eating fish, so we'll regularly have to offer him such kind of food like living small fish, mysis, krill,artemia, shrimpmix and they eat a lot of young fish when we keep them with mbunas. 
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