Placidochromis turneri "Nkhata Bay"
Placidochromis turneri (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 Placidochromis turneri 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 Placidochromis turneri.
The Nkhata Bay population
Placidochromis turneri "Nkhata Bay" is the Nkhata Bay population of Placidochromis turneri, a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Placidochromis turneri, 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
Placidochromis turneri is a haplochromine cichlid documented from the Nkhata Bay area on the western shore of Lake Malawi. Its epithet almost certainly honours a researcher surnamed Turner, a name closely tied to the study of Lake Malawi cichlid diversity and speciation, though the exact dedication is not confirmed here. Like its congeners it belongs to the lake's sand- and transition-zone haplochromine radiation rather than the crowded rock communities of the mbuna.
Full Placidochromis turneri account →