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Lethrinops sp. "Domira Blue" "South East Arm"

Lethrinops sp. "Domira Blue" (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.

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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. "Domira Blue".

CARESNOT LISTED
Genus type speciesLethrinops lethrinusdescribed as Chromis lethrinus Günther 1894
Scientific size5 in13 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)up to 446 ppm
Habitat watermoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppmLake Malawi
Depth26–98 ft8–30 m
DietSand-sifting invertivore, filtering micro-invertebrates from sand through the gill rakers (genus-typical; not directly documented for this form)
Breedingmaternal mouthbrooder (presumed, genus-typical)not documented for this form; genus-typical, a few dozen eggs
Sexual dimorphismYesBreeding males show blue colouration per the trade name; precise pattern and female colouration not formally documented.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The South East Arm population

Lethrinops sp. "Domira Blue" "South East Arm" is the South East Arm population of Lethrinops sp. "Domira Blue", 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. "Domira Blue", 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. "Domira Blue" is an undescribed sand-dwelling cichlid recorded in Lake Malawi's South East Arm, its trade name pairing a blue breeding-male colour element with a locality tag echoing Domira Bay, a stretch of the South East Arm's sandy shoreline. It has no formal description, authority, or FishBase entry, and is known only by this trade name.

Full Lethrinops sp. "Domira Blue" account →

Sources

  1. malawi.si — Lethrinops sp. "Domira Blue" "South East Arm"
  2. malawi.si — Lethrinops species database
  3. Cichlid Room Companion — Lethrinops genus profile
  4. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat (Cichlid Press)
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