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Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu" "Nkhungu Point"

Nkhungu Point — n-KOON-goo POYNT (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.

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Specific to Nkhungu Point

  • 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 Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu".

CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size3.5 in9 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Depth10–66 ft3–20 m
DietRock-associated aufwuchs grazer or invertebrate picker in the lividus mould (genus-typical; exact mode not documented for this form)
BreedingMaternal mouthbrooder (presumed, genus-typical)Not documented for this form; genus-typical broods run to a few dozen eggs
Sexual dimorphismMinimalColour and dimorphism not documented for this form in the sources available; not fabricated here pending a published field account.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Nkhungu Point population

Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu" "Nkhungu Point" is the Nkhungu Point population of Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu", 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 Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Nkhungu Point fish at malawi.si →

About the species

Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu" is an undescribed rock-dwelling cichlid recorded from Nkhungu Point on Lake Malawi’s Mozambican shore, a well-documented locality carrying records for numerous other Malawi cichlids. Its trade name pairs “Lividus,” after the described Labidochromis lividus (Lewis, 1982), with its own locality, signalling a resemblance to that species rather than a confirmed identification. It carries no authority, no year, and no FishBase entry.

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Sources

  1. malawi.si — Labidochromis sp. "Lividus Nkhungu" "Nkhungu Point"
  2. malawi.si — Labidochromis species and locality database
  3. Cichlid Room Companion — Labidochromis genus overview (Ad Konings, curator)
  4. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat (Cichlid Press; Labidochromis lividus biology and southeastern-shore Labidochromis trade forms)