Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique" "Minos Reef"
Minos Reef — MEE-nohs 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. "Minutus Mozambique" account →Specific to Minos 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. "Minutus Mozambique".
The Minos Reef population
Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique" "Minos Reef" is the Minos Reef population of Chindongo sp. "Minutus Mozambique", a geographic colour form from the Mozambique coast of Lake Malawi in the south-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 Minos Reef 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 →