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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / July 2005cichlid identification
I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!). Can anyone help me identify just what sort they are? http://oddsnsods.bravehost.com/index.html Thanks for any help > I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!). > > Can anyone help me identify just what sort they are? > http://oddsnsods.bravehost.com/index.html I'm not a pro, bear that in mind. a) with no certainty, could be a Maylandia Estherae (red zebra) ob morph b) possibly a Labeotropheus Trewavasae mc morph. could also be Fuelleborni as they're somewhat difficult to distinguish between. c) Melanochromis Johanii d) Likely a Labidochromis Caeruleus e) difficult to tell from the photo. shot in the dark would be another trewavasae/fuelleborni. f) no idea. g) no idea. e) Melanochromis Auratus. hth /Tommi > > I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!). > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > /Tommi Agree with c - have 3 myself. e is probably right as well. With d - do they have any black on their fins? Could be yellow labs g - look like what was sold to me as Maylandia Lombardi... A good place to look is:- http://www.malawimayhem.com/ Enjoy your fish :-) Gill > Agree with c - have 3 myself. e is probably right as well. > > With d - do they have any black on their fins? Could be yellow labs Like I suggested, Labidochromis Caeruleus - yellow labs. :) I'm not as used to `Americanized' pseudonymes, so I use the `scientific' name - less confusion. E.g. 'round here, they'd usually be refered to as "golden spec's". /Tommi >> Agree with c - have 3 myself. e is probably right as well. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > /Tommi I am going to kick at the kitty... A OB Peacock.. Aulonacara.. B Fulleborni C Johanaii D Not sure, maybe a mutt, looks Pseudotropheus though... E hopefully your talking about the yellow one Labidochromis Caeruleus I have had Labs look very similar to this, very little black markings.. F another Aulonacara, obviously not an OB.. G Red top blue... A Pseudotropheus member.. Probably mean as all can be.. H Auratus Regards.. > E hopefully your talking about the yellow one Labidochromis Caeruleus I > have had Labs look very similar to this, very little black markings.. ... one LFS has hundreds of 'all yellow' Labidochromis Caeruleus, no black at all.  SignatureJim Anderson ( 8(|) To email me just pull my_finger >> > I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!). >> > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Gill I'd say D- was most likely Metriaclima lombardoi and G- was Metriaclima zebra "Red Top". F- Doesn't have a typical Mbuna shape to it. It almost looks like a really fat Perissodus microlepis, however I doubt that. Try looking as some members of the Mylochromis family. Tim www.fishaholics.org >>> > I seem to have "inherited" a Malawi cichlid tank (long story!). >>> > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > Tim > www.fishaholics.org Many thanks everyone. for info, fish e, f & g are the peaceful community members. fish F has dug himself a cave out of the coral gravel and mainly comes out just to be fed. Fish a & b are the ones that hold court at the front of the tank and chase everything else off. you can't tell from the photos but they are very similar to look at, just that one has more marbling than the other. h is, I know an aggressive fish although isn't showing signs yet as he/she is still only tiny. there WERE two of them but now appear to be only one. I'm going to try to get some better photos using frames from the camcorder and then update with names, for my own info. Again many thanks |
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