Buccochromis oculatus "South East Arm"
South East Arm — SOWTH EEST ARM (approx.)
The fish
How this cichlid is built, and everything about how it lives, eats and breeds, is shared with the species — this page doesn't repeat it.
Read the full Buccochromis oculatus account →Specific to South East Arm
- Collection locality & coordinates
- Local coloration — best judged from the living-fish photo
- Kept as a single-provenance line, never crossed with other collection points
Care facts below are the species' — shared with Buccochromis oculatus.
The South East Arm population
Buccochromis oculatus "South East Arm" is the South East Arm population of Buccochromis oculatus, a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Buccochromis oculatus, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living South East Arm fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Buccochromis oculatus is a large predatory haplochromine of Lake Malawi, a member of a genus built for hunting other fish rather than grazing algae or sifting sand. Its epithet, Latin for "eyed" or "having eyes," points to an eye-spot or ocellus somewhere on the body — a marking common among piscivorous cichlids, sometimes serving as a decoy against retaliatory strikes from prey. It is documented from the South East Arm, the broad southern embayment of the lake.
Full Buccochromis oculatus account →