Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique" "Lumbaulo"Pseudotropheus sp. "Minutus Mozambique"
Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique" (Chiloelo, Chilucha Reef, Chinuni, Lumbaulo, Minos Reef, Thundu)
Lumbaulo — loom-bah-OO-loh (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. "Minutus Mozambique" account →Specific to Lumbaulo
- 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. "Minutus Mozambique".
The Lumbaulo population
Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique" "Lumbaulo" is the Lumbaulo population of Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique", a geographic colour form from the Mozambique coast of Lake Malawi in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Lumbaulo fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Chindongo sp. 'minutus mozambique' is a small undescribed mbuna recorded along the south-central Mozambique shore of Lake Malawi. Its trade name links it to the described species Chindongo minutus — Latin for 'small' or 'minute,' a reference to its diminutive size even by the standards of the dwarf mbuna — with 'Mozambique' marking this form's own range on the lake's eastern shore. It has not itself been formally described.
Full Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique" account →