Placidochromis polli "Domira Bay"
Placidochromis polli (Domira Bay, Monkey Bay)
Domira Bay — doh-MEE-rah 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 Placidochromis polli account →Specific to Domira 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 Placidochromis polli.
The Domira Bay population
Placidochromis polli "Domira Bay" is the Domira Bay population of Placidochromis polli, a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the south-central part of the lake. It is the same species as Placidochromis polli, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Domira Bay fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Placidochromis polli is a sand-dwelling haplochromine of Lake Malawi, one of several species in a genus whose name — "placid" cichlid — reflects the calm, unhurried foraging style shared across the group compared with the excitable mbuna. Its species epithet honours a fish taxonomist surnamed Poll, a patronym typical of mid-twentieth-century ichthyology. It is documented from Domira Bay on the west-central shore and Monkey Bay in the south, two localities that together suggest a fairly wide distribution along the Malawian coastline rather than a single-site endemic.
Full Placidochromis polli account →