Mylochromis rotundus "Hora Mhango"
Hora Mhango — HOH-rah m-HAHN-goh (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 Mylochromis rotundus account →Specific to Hora Mhango
- 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 Mylochromis rotundus.
The Hora Mhango population
Mylochromis rotundus "Hora Mhango" is the Hora Mhango population of Mylochromis rotundus, a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the northern part of the lake. It is the same species as Mylochromis rotundus, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Hora Mhango fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Mylochromis rotundus is a sand- and intermediate-zone cichlid documented from Hora Mhango on Lake Malawi's northern shore, a member of the large genus Mylochromis whose species are generally larger and more predatory or generalist in habit than the algae-grazing mbuna of the lake's rocky littoral. Its species epithet, straightforwardly Latin for "round," points to a distinctively rounded body or head profile that helps set it apart from the genus's many more elongate, torpedo-shaped relatives.
Full Mylochromis rotundus account →