Nyassachromis sp. "Otter" "Otter Island"
Otter Island — OT-ter 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 Nyassachromis sp. "Otter" account →Specific to Otter 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 Nyassachromis sp. "Otter".
The Otter Island population
Nyassachromis sp. "Otter" "Otter Island" is the Otter Island population of Nyassachromis sp. "Otter", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Nyassachromis sp. "Otter", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Otter Island fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Nyassachromis sp. "Otter" is an undescribed Lake Malawi cichlid recorded from Otter Island and neighbouring Otter Point in the southern part of the lake, within the Lake Malawi National Park area. Nyassachromis is a small genus of open-water, plankton-feeding haplochromines related in habit to the lake's utaka, schooling over sand near reef edges rather than living tight to rock. It is recognised informally in the field and aquarium literature, and no authority, year, FishBase number, or IUCN status should ever be attached to it.
Full Nyassachromis sp. "Otter" account →