Pseudotropheus sp. "Three Peaks" "Three Peaks Reef"

Three Peaks ReefTHREE PEEKS 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.

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Specific to Three Peaks 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. "Three Peaks".

CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size4 in10 cm total length
Temperature75–82 °F24–28 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)very hardup to 446 ppm
Depth7–49 ft2–15 m
DietAlgae grazer — aufwuchs and associated diatoms/micro-invertebrates rasped from rock
Breedingmaternal mouthbroodernot documented for this form; genus-typical, a few dozen eggs
Sexual dimorphismYesPresumed present, following the near-universal mbuna pattern of brighter dominant males; the specific colour pattern of this population is not documented.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Three Peaks Reef population

Pseudotropheus sp. "Three Peaks" "Three Peaks Reef" is the Three Peaks Reef population of Pseudotropheus sp. "Three Peaks", 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. "Three Peaks", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Three Peaks Reef fish at malawi.si

About the species

Pseudotropheus sp. "Three Peaks" is an undescribed mbuna recorded from Three Peaks Reef, a rocky site in the southern part of Lake Malawi near the Nankumba Peninsula. Its trade name is taken directly from the reef itself rather than describing the fish's colour or form. It has no describing author, no FishBase page and no IUCN assessment.

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Sources

  1. malawi.si — Pseudotropheus sp. "Three Peaks" "Three Peaks Reef"
  2. Cichlid Room Companion — genus Pseudotropheus
  3. Konings, A. — Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat (Cichlid Press)