Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi Makanjila" "Penga Penga Island"
Penga Penga Island — PEHN-gah PEHN-gah 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. "Williamsi Makanjila" account →Specific to Penga Penga 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. "Williamsi Makanjila".
The Penga Penga Island population
Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi Makanjila" "Penga Penga Island" is the Penga Penga Island population of Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi Makanjila", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the south-central part of the lake. It is the same species as Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi Makanjila", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Penga Penga Island fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi Makanjila" is an undescribed mbuna allied to the formally described Pseudotropheus williamsi, one of the oldest named mbuna in Lake Malawi, first described by Günther in 1893. This population is recorded from sites spanning Malawian and Mozambican waters in the south-eastern lake, including the Mbenji Islands group, and is distinguished from the nominate species by locality and subtle differences noted by collectors, as it has never been formally compared against P. williamsi in a published revision. The trade name references its affinity to that species and the general Makanjila area of the south-eastern shore. It carries no describing author, FishBase record, or IUCN status of its own.
Full Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi Makanjila" account →