Lake Malawi

Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei"

The only mbuna that feeds exclusively on submerged wood in the wild.

Pseudotropheus acei

A bold Lake Malawi cichlid that brings real personality to a species tank.

Cynotilapia afra

A scrappy Malawi mbuna that rewrites the rules with open-water schooling behavior.

Aulonocara auditor

A sand-sifting Lake Malawi cichlid from a tiny northern shoreline range.

Aulonocara korneliae

A rock-dweller that hunts the sand, endemic to one Malawian island.

Melanochromis auratus

A brilliantly colored mbuna with an attitude that demands respect and careful tankmates.

Pseudotropheus aurora

A scrappy Malawi mbuna from the rock-sand interface, with real personality to spare.

Mylochromis lateristriga

A sandy-bay predator from Lake Malawi with a taste for crustaceans.

Melanochromis johanni

A Lake Malawi rock-dweller with bold colors and bolder attitude.

Labeotropheus fuelleborni

A rock-grazing Lake Malawi cichlid with a bold personality and remarkable color diversity.

Pseudotropheus crabro

A Malawi cichlid that transforms its colors in under a second to trick catfish.

Melanochromis chipokae

Possibly the most aggressive mbuna in the hobby. Not for the faint-hearted.

Aulonocara ethelwynnae

A rare Lake Malawi sand-dweller with rich chocolate barring on breeding males.

Protomelas annectens

A curious Lake Malawi cichlid that hunts by following disturbances in the sand.

Maylandia callainos

A bold mbuna that rewards keepers who understand cichlid politics.

Placidochromis electra

A sand-sifting Malawi hap gentle enough to keep with Aulonocara and Copadichromis.

Pseudotropheus demasoni

A pint-sized mbuna with the aggression of a fish ten times its size.

Pollimyrus castelnaui

A tiny electric fish from African floodplains, built for life in the weeds.

Astatotilapia calliptera

A mouthbrooding generalist from Malawi with real personality to spare.

Sciaenochromis fryeri

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi piscivore that behaves itself in the right company.

Sciaenochromis ahli

A brilliantly blue Lake Malawi predator that stays surprisingly peaceful in a community.

Labidochromis caeruleus

The most beginner-friendly mbuna, wearing a yellow that's rarer in the wild than you'd think.

Nimbochromis linni

A crafty Lake Malawi predator that ambushes prey with surprising patience.

Protomelas fenestratus

A peaceful Malawi cichlid with a clever trick for finding buried food.

Aulonocara stuartgranti

A Lake Malawi peacock that shifts color by geography, blue in the north, yellow in the south.

Nimbochromis venustus

The Lake Malawi cichlid that hunts by playing dead

Pseudotropheus tropheops

A rock-dwelling Malawi cichlid with a surprisingly forceful approach to eating algae.

Maylandia greshakei

A rock-dwelling Malawi cichlid that rewards bold tank management with vivid color.

Mylochromis melanonotus

A sand-dwelling Lake Malawi predator with a jaw that caused decades of taxonomic confusion.

Copadichromis azureus

A peaceable Malawi cichlid that builds sand nests and dazzles with intense color.

Cyrtocara moorii

A big, blue, nuchal-humped cichlid that shadows bottom-sifters to steal their leftovers.

Bagrus meridionalis

A giant Lake Malawi catfish with one of the most complex social lives in freshwater.

Pseudotropheus lombardoi

A notoriously aggressive mbuna with a dramatic reverse color scheme between sexes.

Iodotropheus sprengerae

A compact, easygoing mbuna that plays well with others in Malawi setups.

Aulonocara jacobfreibergi

A peacock cichlid with bold fin margins and a long history in the hobby.

Alticorpus macrocleithrum

A rarely kept deep-water cichlid from the mysterious depths of Lake Malawi.