Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata" "Nkhata Bay"
Nkhata Bay — n-KAH-tah 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.
Read the full Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata" account →Specific to Nkhata 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 Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata".
The Nkhata Bay population
Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata" "Nkhata Bay" is the Nkhata Bay population of Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Nkhata Bay fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata" is an undescribed cichlid recorded at Nkhata Bay, on the north-western shore of Lake Malawi. Its trade name links it to Otopharynx brooksi, a described predatory relative first documented far to the south near Cape Maclear, making this a population well outside the well-studied core of that species' known range.
Full Otopharynx sp. "Brooksi Nkhata" account →