Sciaenochromis benthicola "Domira Bay"
Sciaenochromis benthicola (Domira Bay)
Domira Bay — doh-MEE-rah BAY (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 Sciaenochromis benthicola account →Specific to Domira Bay
- 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 Sciaenochromis benthicola.
The Domira Bay population
Sciaenochromis benthicola "Domira Bay" is the Domira Bay population of Sciaenochromis benthicola, 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 Sciaenochromis benthicola, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Domira Bay fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Sciaenochromis benthicola is a predatory haplochromine cichlid documented from Domira Bay on Lake Malawi's western shore, a lesser-known relative of the genus best represented in the hobby by the vivid electric-blue Sciaenochromis fryeri. Its epithet, "bottom-dweller," hints at a fish more closely tied to the lake floor than its showier cousins — a slender hunter of the sand-rock interface rather than a mid-water cruiser.
Full Sciaenochromis benthicola account →