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Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo" "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.

Read the full Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo" account →

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 Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo".

CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size5 in13 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)very hardup to 446 ppm
Depth16–82 ft5–25 m
DietPresumed active open-water feeder on zooplankton or small prey items, inferred from its slender, streamlined build; not directly documented for this form.
Breedingmaternal mouthbroodernot documented for this form; modest, genus-typical
Sexual dimorphismYesDichromatism assumed on general Malawi cichlid grounds; the plain silvery ground colour may make breeding-colour changes subtler than in more strongly patterned Otopharynx. Specific pattern not documented.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Senga Bay population

Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo" "Senga Bay" is the Senga Bay population of Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo", 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. "Silver Torpedo", 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

Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo" is an undescribed cichlid recorded at Senga Bay on the central-western Malawian shore of Lake Malawi. Its trade name describes a slender, streamlined, silvery body — a build associated with cruising open water rather than hugging rock or sand, and a departure from the deeper-bodied, more sedentary shape typical of most other Otopharynx forms.

Full Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo" account →

Sources

  1. malawi.si — Otopharynx sp. "Silver Torpedo" "Senga Bay"
  2. malawi.si — Otopharynx sp. "silver torpedo" (Konings-based species database; Senga Bay record)
  3. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat (Cichlid Press; foremost Malawi field authority)
  4. Cichlid Room Companion — Otopharynx (genus profile)