MALAWI CICHLIDS

NOTICE - Because there are so many species of fish in the world there would be no way for one person to be able to research and type the needed information for this massive work in a reasonable amount of time. If you have information to some of these species and possibly others please let us know.  We will be glad to give you the credit. Some resources state that there could be more than 7,000 species of fish in the world.  If you are a fish hobbyist and consider yourself knowledgable on this topic and are willing to share your knowledge let us know. Contact us. 

The African Rift Valley contains a number of lakes that have become important to aquarists as sources of fishes of the family Cichlidae. Two of these, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika, provide the bulk of the species imported.  Lake Malawi has more than 250 described species.  Like Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi has a most unusual water chemistry:  the pH is strongly alkaline, usually between 7.7 and 8.6, and the water is extremely hard. 

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