Sciaenochromis psammophilus "Cobwe" is the Cobwe population of Sciaenochromis psammophilus, a geographic colour form from Lake Malawi in Lake Malawi part of the lake. It is the same species as Sciaenochromis psammophilus, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

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About the species

Sciaenochromis psammophilus, the "electric blue kande," is a sand-dwelling predatory cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi and named for that very habit — psammophilus is Greek for "sand-loving." It is the close, often-confused cousin of the famous electric blue hap (Sciaenochromis fryeri): a silvery-blue male barred with dark vertical stripes and washed with yellow in the dorsal and tail, hunting small fish a hand's breadth above the open sand. Described by Ad Konings only in 1993, it remains uncommon in the hobby and is best understood as the dark-barred, yellow-finned member of an electric-blue genus that the aquarium trade has spent decades muddling together.

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