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Sciaenochromis sp. "Torpedo Head" "South East Arm"

Sciaenochromis sp. "Torpedo Head" (South East Arm)

South East Arm — SOWTH EEST ARM (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 South East Arm

  • 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 sp. "Torpedo Head".

CARESNOT LISTED
Genus type speciesSciaenochromis ahlidescribed as Haplochromis ahli Trewavas 1935
Scientific size7 in18 cm total length
Temperature73–81 °F23–27 °C
pH7.7–8.6alkaline
Hardness (GH)up to 446 ppm
Habitat watermoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppmLake Malawi
Depth33–197 ft10–60 m
DietPiscivore, presumed genus-typical predator of small fish, plausibly a more open-water pursuit hunter given its streamlined head
Breedingmaternal mouthbrooder (inferred from genus/flock)not documented for this form
Sexual dimorphismMinimalNot documented for this form; described congeners show strong male breeding colour against cryptic barred females.
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The South East Arm population

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

Colour reference: living South East Arm fish at malawi.si →

About the species

Sciaenochromis sp. "Torpedo Head" is an undescribed predatory cichlid recorded from the South East Arm of Lake Malawi, named for a more streamlined, pointed head profile than the genus's typical form and listed among Sciaenochromis's recognised undescribed populations by the Cichlid Room Companion. It belongs to the same small genus as the widely traded electric-blue S. fryeri, but no authority, formal description, colour account or conservation status has been published for it.

Full Sciaenochromis sp. "Torpedo Head" account →

Sources

  1. malawi.si — Sciaenochromis sp. "Torpedo Head" "South East Arm"
  2. Sciaenochromis | Cichlid Room Companion (genus profile, valid & undescribed species incl. S. sp. 'torpedo head')
  3. malawi.si — Sciaenochromis species and locality-form database (Konings-based; distribution, biotope)
  4. FishBase — Sciaenochromis ahli summary (size, depth, chemistry, IUCN)
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