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↑ Collection form of Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo"

Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo" "Mumbo Island"

Mumbo Island — MOOM-boh EYE-land (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.

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Specific to Mumbo Island

  • 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. "Longimanus Mumbo".

CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size5.5 in14 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)very hardup to 357 ppm
Depth16–49 ft5–15 m
DietPresumed largely herbivorous/detritivorous, feeding on sediment and algae among weed beds; genus-typical, following the pattern of the close relative P. longimanus.
Breedingmaternal mouthbrooderseveral dozen eggs (genus-typical estimate; not documented for this form)
Sexual dimorphismNot documentedNot documented for this form; genus pattern suggests breeding males are the more strongly coloured sex.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Mumbo Island population

Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo" "Mumbo Island" is the Mumbo Island population of Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo", 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. "Longimanus Mumbo", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Mumbo Island fish at malawi.si →

About the species

Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo" is an undescribed haplochromine recorded from Mumbo Island in Lake Malawi National Park, within the southern basin where the described weed-bed specialist Placidochromis longimanus occurs. It carries no formal scientific description of its own.

Full Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo" account →

Sources

  1. malawi.si — Placidochromis sp. "Longimanus Mumbo" "Mumbo Island"
  2. malawi.si — Placidochromis (Konings-based species database; Malawi genus overview)
  3. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 5th ed. (Cichlid Press; foremost Malawi field authority)
  4. Cichlid Room Companion — Placidochromis (genus profile)