Cichlid Egg Size Summary

TEXT-ONLY VERSION; also quite old compared to regular table

Since cichlid eggs are not spherical, diameter is the 3-dimensional average of length x width x width. In essence it is the diameter of a theoretical spherical egg with the same volume as the real egg.

                                   length      diameter
                                         width         Spawns 
                                    (mm)  (mm)   (mm)           
                                   _____ _____ _______ ______

African cichlids
 Aulonocara roberti                  3.7    2.8  3.0    1
 Copadichromis azureus Elec Blue II  3.6    2.7  3.0    1
 Cunningtonia longeventralis         5.6    3.8  4.3    1
 Cyathopharynx fucifer               3.8    2.9  3.2    1
 Cyphotilapia frontosa 7-stripe      5.5    4.6  4.8    1
 Cyprichromis leptosoma "blue flash" 3.9    3.0  3.3    1
 Haplochromis chrysonatus            3.2    2.5  2.7    1
 Haplochromis "Bigmouth"             3.5    2.6  2.9    2
 Hemichromis guttatus                1.5    1.0  1.2    4
 Julidochromis marlieri              1.9    1.3  1.5    1     
 Labeotropheus textilius             4.1    3.0  3.3    1
 Labeotropheus trewavase             4.2    3.3  3.6    1
 Lamprologus brichardi "daffodil"    1.7    1.1  1.3    1
 Lamprologus leleupi                 1.8    1.4  1.6    2
 Melanochromis vermivorus            3.7    2.7  3.0    1
 Neolamprologus "kungweensis"        1.6    1.2  1.3    1
 Ophthalmotilapia ventralis "orange" 4.9    3.5  3.9    1
 Otopharynx argyrosoma               3.1    2.1  2.4    2
 Paratilapia polleni                 1.6    1.3  1.4    2
 Pelvicachromis pulcher kribensis    1.5    1.0  1.2    5
 Protomelias taeniatus "Red Empress" 3.5    2.9  3.1    1
 Pseudotropheus acei                 2.6    2.1  2.2    1
 Pseudotropheus elongatus "Chewere"  4.2    3.1  3.4    1
 Pseudotropheus saulosi              3.6    2.8  3.1    1
 Pseudotropheus zebra "BB"           4.0    3.2  3.4    1
 Ramphichromis macrophthalmus        3.5    3.0  3.1    1
 Tilapia brevimanus                  1.8    1.3  1.5    1
 Tilapia mossambicus                 3.0    2.1  2.4    2
 Tropheus duboisi                    3.8    3.0  3.3    2
 Tropheus moori                      5.4    4.0  4.4    1
 Xenotilapia spilopterus             3.0    2.4  2.6    1
 

Cichlasomas - Central American
Section Amphilophus
 C. citrinellum midas                2.0    1.5  1.6    31
 C. longimanus rose-breasted         1.8    1.4  1.5    18

Section Archocentrus
 C. centrarchus flier cichlid        1.7    1.4  1.5    2
 C. nigrofasciatum convict           1.8    1.3  1.5    170
 C. septemfasciatum                  1.8    1.4  1.5    2
 C. spilurum                         2.0    1.4  1.6    6
 C. spinosissimus                    1.4    1.1  1.2    1

Section Herichthys
 C. carpintus                        1.8    1.3  1.3    2
 C. cyanoguttatum texas              2.1    1.7  1.8    5
 C. sp. "Ebano"                      2.0    1.6  1.7    2

Section Nandopsis
 C. friedrichstahli                  2.0    1.5  1.7    1
 C. managuense jaguar                2.1    1.6  1.7    4
 C. salvini                          1.9    1.4  1.6    1
 C. tetracanthus                     1.8    1.4  1.6    1
 C. urophthalmus                     2.1    1.6  1.7    7

Section Theraps
 C. bifasciatum red speck cichlid    2.2    1.7  1.9    4
 C. fenestratum                      2.2    1.7  1.8    1
 C. sp. Conkel red fenestratum       2.0    1.5  1.7    2
 C. maculicauda black belt           2.1    1.6  1.8    2
 C. nicaraguense                     2.1    1.6  1.8    6
 C. panamense                        1.9    1.3  1.5    2
 C. synspillum                       2.2    1.8  1.9    2
 C. tuba                             3.1    2.4  2.6    2

Section Thorichthys
 C. ellioti                          1.6    1.3  1.4    3
 C. meeki firemouth                  1.7    1.3  1.4    2
 C. pasionis                         1.7    1.2  1.4    1
 C. sp. cf. aureum yellow aureum     1.6    1.2  1.3    1

Cichlasomas - South American

 C. coryphaenoides chocolate         2.0    1.4  1.6    1
 C. dimerus                          1.6    1.2  1.3    3
 C. facetum chanchito                2.0    1.5  1.7    4
 C. festivum                         1.5    1.2  1.3    1
 C. pusillum                         1.7    1.3  1.4    4

Other Neotropicals

 Acarichthys geayi                   1.7    1.3  1.4    5
 Aequidens coeruleopunctatus         1.4    1.1  1.2    3
 Aequidens pulcher blue acara        1.5    1.2  1.3    8
 Aequidens rivulus green terror      1.7    1.3  1.4    2
 Apistogramma cacutoides             1.5    0.9  1.1    2
 Astronatus ocellatus oscar          2.0    1.9  1.9    1
 Bujurquina vittata                  1.7    1.3  1.4    1
 Geophagus brasiliensis              1.9    1.4  1.6    7
 Gymnogeophagus australis            1.8    1.4  1.5    1
 Microgeophagus altispinosa Bol. ram 1.6    1.2  1.3    2
 Microgeophagus ramirezi ram         1.1    0.8  0.9    1
 Herotilapia multispinosa rainbow    1.6    1.3  1.4    8
 Petenia splendida                   2.2    1.7  1.8    1
 Pterophyllum scalare angel          1.4    1.1  1.2    1
 Symphosodon discus                  1.4    1.1  1.2    5


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Last Updated: November 25, 1995