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Mylochromis sp. "Deep" "Maleri Island"

Mylochromis sp. "Deep" (Maleri Island)

Maleri Island — mah-LEH-ree EYE-land (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 sp. "Deep" account →

Specific to Maleri Island

  • 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 sp. "Deep".

CARESNOT LISTED
Genus type speciesMylochromis lateristrigadescribed as Chromis lateristriga Günther 1864
Scientific size6 in15 cm total length
Temperature73–81 °F23–27 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)up to 446 ppm
Habitat watermoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppmLake Malawi
Depth49–131 ft15–40 m
DietNot documented for this population; genus is feeding-diverse (invertebrate pickers, mollusc crushers, some egg/fry predators)
BreedingMaternal mouthbroodernot documented for this population
Sexual dimorphismYesNot documented in detail for this population; deep-water haplochromines are sometimes muted in colour relative to shallow-water relatives, but this is unconfirmed for this form
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Maleri Island population

Mylochromis sp. "Deep" "Maleri Island" is the Maleri Island population of Mylochromis sp. "Deep", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Mylochromis sp. "Deep", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Maleri Island fish at malawi.si →

About the species

Mylochromis sp. "Deep" is an undescribed haplochromine recorded at Maleri Island, in southern Lake Malawi. Its trade name marks it as a deep-water form, part of a pattern seen across several Mylochromis lineages in which populations occupy deeper sand and transition habitat than most of the lake's better-known rock-dwelling cichlids reach. It has not been formally described.

Full Mylochromis sp. "Deep" account →

Sources

  1. malawi.si — Mylochromis sp. "Deep" "Maleri Island"
  2. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 5th ed. (Cichlid Press)
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes — Genus record (authority for valid names; this trade name has no catalog entry)
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