Endemic to the largest rift lake in Africa, Lake Tanganyika, the Blue Neon is also called the Neon Cichlid and the Herring Cichlid. These fish are similar in appearance to the Leptosoma, having an elongated, sardine-like body shape. Male Blue Neons are vibrantly colored, having an orange body striped with blue or purple lines. Females are less colorful than the males of the species and juveniles tend to be gray in color. Blue Neons tend to inhabit rocky areas of the lake and travel in large schools of hundreds of fish.