Lethrinops sp. "Yellow" "South East Arm"
Lethrinops sp. "Yellow" (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. "Yellow" 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. "Yellow".
The South East Arm population
Lethrinops sp. "Yellow" "South East Arm" is the South East Arm population of Lethrinops sp. "Yellow", 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. "Yellow", 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. "Yellow" is an undescribed sand-dwelling cichlid recorded from the South East Arm of Lake Malawi. Unlike several related forms named for a yellow mark on one specific body part, this one carries the plainest possible version of the name, implying a broader yellow flush across the breeding male rather than a single localised patch. As with its neighbours from the same stretch of shoreline, the underlying documentation is thin, and this article treats the name as a clue rather than a confirmed description.
Full Lethrinops sp. "Yellow" account →