Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange" "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 Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange" 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 Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange".
The South East Arm population
Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange" "South East Arm" is the South East Arm population of Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange", 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
Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange" is an undescribed sand-dwelling cichlid recorded in Lake Malawi's South East Arm, named for a breeding-male colour combination of blue and orange — a pairing found across several unrelated Lethrinops and other Malawian haplochromines, so the name identifies a pattern rather than a unique diagnostic trait. It has no formal description, authority, or FishBase entry, and is known only by this trade name.
Full Lethrinops sp. "Blue Orange" account →