Introducing Pseudotropheus saulosi Konings 1990. By Ad Konings , 1992. During an expedition in May and June 1989, Walter Dieckhoff, Saulos Mwale, Justus Chirwa, and I spent six weeks diving at many sites along the western coast of Lake Malawi. Therefore we asked local fishermen about the locations of so-called virundu, which are rocky reefs, sometimes very deep, that support large shoals of utaka, pelagic cichlid species regularly taken by net fishermen.
Local fishermen have unbelievable memories when it comes to locating fishing sites exactly.
We therefore made it a point to solicit their assistance in guiding us to a desired spot. We sought larger rocky areas that support diverse communities of mbuna, the small, rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Malawi. Pseudotropheus saulosi female, Taiwan reef, Lake Malawi. Photo by Ad Konings . Like most natives living on the shores of the lake, the village people of Chisumulu are fishermen.