Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep" "South East Arm"
South East Arm — SOWTH EEST ARM (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 Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep" account →Specific to South East Arm
- 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 Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep".
The South East Arm population
Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep" "South East Arm" is the South East Arm population of Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma 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 Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living South East Arm fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep" is an undescribed cichlid recorded in the South East Arm of Lake Malawi, one of the lake's great southern basins and historically a major trawling ground for the chambo fishery. Its trade name links it to Otopharynx argyrosoma, the described silvery, sand-dwelling hap for which the genus's open-water and cave-associated lineages are often compared, and marks it out as a population collected from notably deeper water than the shallow schools typically reported for that species.
Full Otopharynx sp. "Argyrosoma Deep" account →