Pseudotropheus sp. "Red Top Ndumbi" "Ndumbi Point"
Ndumbi Point — n-DOOM-bee POYNT (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. "Red Top Ndumbi" account →Specific to Ndumbi Point
- 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. "Red Top Ndumbi".
The Ndumbi Point population
Pseudotropheus sp. "Red Top Ndumbi" "Ndumbi Point" is the Ndumbi Point population of Pseudotropheus sp. "Red Top Ndumbi", a geographic colour form from the Tanzania coast of Lake Malawi in the northern part of the lake. It is the same species as Pseudotropheus sp. "Red Top Ndumbi", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Ndumbi Point fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Pseudotropheus sp. "Red Top Ndumbi" is an undescribed mbuna recorded from Ndumbi Point and neighbouring Pombo Rocks on the Tanzanian shore in the north of Lake Malawi. Its trade name follows one of the most familiar naming patterns in the Malawi mbuna hobby: a "red top," a vivid orange-to-red blaze across the dorsal fin set against a blue body, a pattern repeated with local variation by many unrelated rock-dwelling cichlids around the lake. It is recognised informally in the field and aquarium literature, and no authority, year, FishBase number, or IUCN status should ever be attached to it.
Full Pseudotropheus sp. "Red Top Ndumbi" account →