The Egyptian mouthbrooder (''Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor'') is a species of cichlid. This small

mouthbrooder Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a va ...

reaches about in length, and is found in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats in

Eastern Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historica ...

from

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and as far south as

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

. The common name Egyptian mouthbrooder was often limited to its northern nominate subspecies, in which case the southern ''P. m. victoriae'' is called the dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder. These subspecies are not universally regarded as valid. Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor

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Egyptian mouthbrooder Fish described in 1903 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cichlidae-stub