Maylandia sp. "Taiwan" "Taiwanee Reef"
Taiwanee Reef — ty-WAHN-ee 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 Maylandia sp. "Taiwan" account →Specific to Taiwanee 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 Maylandia sp. "Taiwan".
The Taiwanee Reef population
Maylandia sp. "Taiwan" "Taiwanee Reef" is the Taiwanee Reef population of Maylandia sp. "Taiwan", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Maylandia sp. "Taiwan", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Taiwanee Reef fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Maylandia sp. "Taiwan" is an undescribed mbuna from Taiwanee Reef, in central Lake Malawi. Taiwanee Reef is a well-surveyed collection point that has given its name to trade forms in several unrelated genera; this population is the Maylandia specifically associated with that reef, and other populations sharing the 'Taiwan' name at different sites are treated by hobbyists as related but geographically distinct. It has not been formally described.
Full Maylandia sp. "Taiwan" account →