Tropheops sp. "Rust" "Kawanga Rocks"
Kawanga Rocks — kah-WAHN-gah ROKS (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 Tropheops sp. "Rust" account →Specific to Kawanga Rocks
- 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 Tropheops sp. "Rust".
The Kawanga Rocks population
Tropheops sp. "Rust" "Kawanga Rocks" is the Kawanga Rocks population of Tropheops sp. "Rust", a geographic colour form from the Malawi coast of Lake Malawi in the northern part of the lake. It is the same species as Tropheops sp. "Rust", distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.
Colour reference: living Kawanga Rocks fish at malawi.si →
About the species
Tropheops sp. "Rust" is an undescribed mbuna cichlid documented from the northern shore of Lake Malawi around Nkhata Bay, Lions Cove, and Kawanga Rocks. Its trade name refers to the reddish-orange, rust-toned colouring reported for breeding males, distinguishing it from the more common blue and barred Tropheops forms found elsewhere in the lake. It has never been given a formal scientific description, and no authority, IUCN status, or FishBase entry should be attached to it.
Full Tropheops sp. "Rust" account →