Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt" "Likoma Island"
Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt" (Likoma Island)
Likoma Island — lee-KOH-mah 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.
Read the full Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt" account →Specific to Likoma 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 Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt".
The Likoma Island population
Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt" "Likoma Island" is the Likoma Island population of Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the central part of the lake. It is the same species as Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Likoma Island fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt" is an undescribed mbuna recorded from Likoma Island, a large mid-lake island in the Mozambican waters of Lake Malawi that is administratively part of Malawi. Its trade name points to two things at once: a deep, saturated cobalt-blue male colour, and a habitat preference for the sandy, intermediate zone rather than dense boulder piles. It has no describing author, no FishBase page and no IUCN assessment.
Full Pseudotropheus sp. "Sand Cobalt" account →