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	Scientific Name: Copadichromis geertsi
	Pronunciation: k -p -d -kr -m s
	Common Name(s): Virginalis Blotch
	Geo. Origin: Masinje, Malawi; Meponda & Thundu, Mozambique
	Habitat: Intermediate Zone
	Diet: Carnivore
	Gender Differences: Dimorphic
	Breeding: Maternal Mouthbrooder
	Temperament: Mildly Aggressive
	Conspecific Temperament: Mildly Aggressive
	Maximum Size: 7.5"
	Temperature: 78 - 82°F
	pH: 7.8 - 8.6
	Water Hardness: Hard
	Difficulty: 2

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Adult male Adult male Adult male from Gome Subadult male Spawning pair from Gome Adult male from Gome Wild pair from Gome ​

Photo Credit: Esben Sebastian Karlsson

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Males are dark midnight blue with a very attractive gold blaze and very long pelvic fins. Females sport 1-2 darks spots (with the smaller spot on the peduncle being sometimes absent). Males build large cave-crater bowers in the intermediate habitat. This utaka is rarely exported, owing the difficulty of collecting it at depths greater than 25 meters.