Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" "Chimwalani Reef"
Chimwalani Reef — cheem-wah-LAH-nee REEF (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 Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" account →Specific to Chimwalani Reef
- 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 Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei".
The Chimwalani Reef population
Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" "Chimwalani Reef" is the Chimwalani Reef population of Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Chimwalani Reef fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" — widely traded as the "Yellow-tail acei" — is one of the best-known undescribed mbuna in the aquarium hobby, despite never having received a formal scientific description. It is recorded along a stretch of the central-western Malawian shore from Msuli Point in the north to Senga Bay and Luwala Reef further south. Unusually for an mbuna, "Acei" feeds mainly in midwater rather than scraping rock, has an elongated, comparatively slender body, and is one of the more tolerant, group-friendly mbuna kept in the trade. No authority, FishBase record, or IUCN status attaches to the name.
Full Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" account →