Tramitichromis trilineatus "Chembe Beach"
Chembe Beach — CHEHM-beh BEECH (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 Tramitichromis trilineatus account →Specific to Chembe Beach
- 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 Tramitichromis trilineatus.
The Chembe Beach population
Tramitichromis trilineatus "Chembe Beach" is the Chembe Beach population of Tramitichromis trilineatus, a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the southern part of the lake. It is the same species as Tramitichromis trilineatus, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Chembe Beach fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Tramitichromis trilineatus is a sand-dwelling haplochromine cichlid documented from Chembe Beach at Cape Maclear, on the shore of Lake Malawi National Park. Its Latin epithet, "three-lined," describes a triple stripe pattern on the flank, and it belongs to a small genus of Lethrinops relatives whose males are known for one of the lake's more remarkable feats of animal architecture: building and defending a volcano-shaped sand bower to court females.
Full Tramitichromis trilineatus account →