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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)
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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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