Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown" "Jalo Reef"
Jalo Reef — JAH-loh REEF (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 Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown" account →Specific to Jalo Reef
- 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 Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown".
The Jalo Reef population
Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown" "Jalo Reef" is the Jalo Reef population of Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the south-central part of the lake. It is the same species as Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Jalo Reef fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown" is an undescribed mbuna from the Mbenji Island group and nearby Jalo Reef in south-central Lake Malawi, part of the slender-bodied "elongatus complex" for which the genus Chindongo was established. Its trade name flags a brown body tone that sets it apart from the more typically blue-coded elongatus-complex forms recorded at the same islands. It has never received a formal scientific description.
Full Chindongo sp. "Elongatus Mbenji Brown" account →