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Lake Malawi Safari '05'  

 

Not far from Chitende Island, where we were camping, there are lots of other collecting locations known to Cichlid Hobbyist .

Katale Island is not more than a pile of rocks about 50 meters long. It is located south east of Chilumba.

 Psuedotrpheus sp.mphanga at Katale Island

anchoring out of the waves on the north side

 

The wind was still blowing (mweira) and the boat was bouncing a bit in the waves, but we managed a dive here.

Katale Island is home to the orange sided Labeotroheus and the well known "Mphanga elongatus".

 

Protomelas cf. virgatus "katale island"

Labeotropheus feulleborni "katale island"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our next dive of the day was at Mphanga Rocks. This area has large house size boulders projecting out of the water. This Island is only a 15 minute boat ride from Katale Island.

In such a short distance between these two Islands the species color was different in some fish!

The Red Top Zebra here rivals the same one found at Nakantenga Island in the south. In the sandy areas between the large boulders Taeniolethrinops furcicauda was sifting the sand. I have several "M-pegs" of this fish burying itself up to its eyes, digging for food!

 

Metriclima zebra "mphanga rocks"     Taeniolethrinops furcicauda "mphanga rocks"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

©2005 Larry Johnson

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