Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore" "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 Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore" 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 Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore".
The South East Arm population
Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore" "South East Arm" is the South East Arm population of Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore", 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
Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore" is an undescribed haplochromine recorded from the South East Arm of Lake Malawi. Its trade name is understood among collectors to flag more markedly predatory feeding habits than the typically gentle invertivory of most Placidochromis, though no published feeding study confirms the details. It has not been given a formal scientific description.
Full Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore" account →Sources
- malawi.si — Placidochromis sp. "Carnivore" "South East Arm"
- malawi.si — Placidochromis (Konings-based species database; Malawi genus overview)
- Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 5th ed. (Cichlid Press; foremost Malawi field authority)
- Cichlid Room Companion — Placidochromis (genus profile)