Mylochromis sp. "Three Peaks" "Three Peaks Reef"

Three Peaks ReefTHREE PEEKS 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.

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Specific to Three Peaks 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. "Three Peaks".

CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size7 in18 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)very hardup to 446 ppm
Depth16–66 ft5–20 m
DietBenthic invertivore, foraging over sand adjacent to reef structure for small invertebrates (genus-typical; not directly documented for this form)
Breedingmaternal mouthbrooder (presumed, genus-typical)not documented for this form; genus-typical, a few dozen eggs
Sexual dimorphismYesNo colour account specific to this form has been published; genus-typical pattern of drab females and more strongly coloured breeding males is expected but not documented.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Three Peaks Reef population

Mylochromis sp. "Three Peaks" "Three Peaks Reef" is the Three Peaks Reef population of Mylochromis sp. "Three Peaks", 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. "Three Peaks", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Three Peaks Reef fish at malawi.si

About the species

Mylochromis sp. "Three Peaks" is an undescribed haplochromine cichlid recorded from Three Peaks Reef, on the central-western shore of Lake Malawi. Like Mylochromis sp. "Kande," this trade name is a pure locality tag rather than a resemblance comparison to a described species, reflecting a population that has not yet been tied to a named relative in the sources drawn on here. It has no formal description, no describing author, and no FishBase entry.

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Sources

  1. malawi.si — Mylochromis sp. "Three Peaks" "Three Peaks Reef"
  2. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat (Cichlid Press)
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes — online database (authority for valid fish names; genus Mylochromis)