Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila" "Undu Reef"
Undu Reef — OON-doo 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 Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila" account →Specific to Undu 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 Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila".
The Undu Reef population
Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila" "Undu Reef" is the Undu Reef population of Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila", a geographic colour form from the Tanzania coast of Lake Malawi in the northern part of the lake. It is the same species as Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Undu Reef fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Mylochromis sp. 'lateristriga makanjila' is an undescribed sand- and transition-zone haplochromine recorded at scattered localities spanning much of Lake Malawi's eastern side, from Makanjila Bay in the southeast to the Tanzanian border in the north. Its trade name links it to the described species Mylochromis lateristriga, whose own name references a stripe running the length of the flank, and 'Makanjila' marks the reef cluster most closely associated with this particular form. It has not been formally described.
Full Mylochromis sp. "Lateristriga Makanjila" account →