Otopharynx sp. "Auromarginatus Mara" "Mala Point"
Mala Point — MAH-lah POYNT (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. "Auromarginatus Mara" account →Specific to Mala Point
- 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. "Auromarginatus Mara".
The Mala Point population
Otopharynx sp. "Auromarginatus Mara" "Mala Point" is the Mala Point population of Otopharynx sp. "Auromarginatus Mara", a geographic colour form from the Mozambique coast of Lake Malawi in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Otopharynx sp. "Auromarginatus Mara", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Mala Point fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Otopharynx sp. "Auromarginatus Mara" is an undescribed cichlid recorded at Mala Point in Lake Malawi. Its trade name links it to Otopharynx auromarginatus, the golden-margined hap and type species of the genus, and to Mala Point, the specific locality where this form has been collected; the precise position and country of that locality have not been established with confidence, so no coordinates are given here.
Full Otopharynx sp. "Auromarginatus Mara" account →