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Mylochromis sp. "Torpedo Elongate" "Senga Bay"

Mylochromis sp. "Torpedo Elongate" (Senga Bay)

Senga Bay — SEHN-gah BAY (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 Senga Bay

  • 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. "Torpedo Elongate".

CARESNOT LISTED
Genus type speciesMylochromis lateristrigadescribed as Chromis lateristriga Günther 1864
Scientific size8 in20 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)up to 446 ppm
Habitat watermoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppmLake Malawi
Depth16–82 ft5–25 m
DietPresumed active pursuit feeder, possibly with a piscivorous component, inferred from elongate body shape shared with other fast-moving Mylochromis species; 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 Senga Bay population

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

Colour reference: living Senga Bay fish at malawi.si →

About the species

Mylochromis sp. "Torpedo Elongate" is an undescribed haplochromine cichlid recorded from Senga Bay, on the central-western shore of Lake Malawi, named for a markedly elongate, torpedo-shaped body that sets it apart from the deeper-bodied members of the genus. Several Mylochromis species carry this elongate build, associated with a more active, ambush-style hunting mode than the deep-bodied sand-sifting and shell-crushing specialists. It has no formal description, no describing author, and no FishBase entry.

Full Mylochromis sp. "Torpedo Elongate" account →

Sources

  1. malawi.si — Mylochromis sp. "Torpedo Elongate" "Senga Bay"
  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)
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