Aulonocara sp. "Chitande Type Mozambique" "Wikihi"

About the species

Aulonocara sp. "Chitande Type Mozambique" is an undescribed peacock cichlid from the southeastern reaches of Lake Malawi — a fish recognised in the field by Ad Konings but never formally named, with no describing author, no year, and no scientific catalogue entry. It is one of the lake's "Chitande Type" peacocks, a cluster of closely similar sand-dwellers whose females are nearly indistinguishable and whose males carry each population's signature. The Mozambique form is the small one, with breeding males marked by a yellow patch across the neck and shoulder; it is also the most rock-associated of the group, working sand near rocks at depths of fifteen metres and more. It ranges along the southeastern shore from Mozambique into the lake's Tanzanian corner, and should be treated strictly as a documented hobby and field form rather than a described species.