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Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8877]

Wed, 27 February 2008 23:39

boo_872

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This is the only African Cichlid I don't know what it is. It was given to me. I'm sorry if I didn't do this right on here. I'm new to this.

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Wed, 27 February 2008 23:41

boo_872

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8887]

Thu, 28 February 2008 08:19

S281Saleen160

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boo_872 wrote on Wed, 27 February 2008 23:39

This is the only African Cichlid I don't know what it is. It was given to me. I'm sorry if I didn't do this right on here. I'm new to this.

Looks like the same one I have. I will take a pic of them tonight, I have 1m and 1fe. The guy that sold them to me wrote the name, I have it at home. Will reply back tonight...but I think I have the same fish as you.

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8888]

Thu, 28 February 2008 11:13

Malawi Mother

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I believe it to be of the Pseudotropheus family. Still looking to see which one. Will get back to you if I find it.

[Updated on: Thu, 28 February 2008 11:24]

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8889]

Thu, 28 February 2008 11:38

Malawi Mother

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Could be a haplochromis of some sort too. Not sure. I can't seem to find it and also having a problem identifying the snout on it. Its possible it can be a hybrid. Sorry. Maybe someone else knows.

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8890]

Thu, 28 February 2008 11:48

S281Saleen160

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Malawi Mother wrote on Thu, 28 February 2008 11:38

Could be a haplochromis of some sort too. Not sure. I can't seem to find it and also having a problem identifying the snout on it. Its possible it can be a hybrid. Sorry. Maybe someone else knows.

When you say 'hybrid' .. you mean a mix of two different fish?

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8891]

Thu, 28 February 2008 11:54

Malawi Mother

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yes, looking into another fish, will respond if I find it

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8892]

Thu, 28 February 2008 12:06

Malawi Mother

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Nope, I can't find it. I went through our gallery plus my books and can't seem to find it.

It has the body shape of some peacocks, the snout of a hap or pseudotropheus. LeeAnn would be the one to ask. I will give her a pm and see if she or her hubby can ID it.

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8894]

Thu, 28 February 2008 15:07

LeeAnn

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We can definitely rule out Pseudotropheus... I'm leaning more towards peacock than the haplochromine-types (not to be confused with Haplochromis... this term is used now strictly for fish from the Lake Victoria basin... any reference to Malawians as Haplochromis, Hap, etc is certainly outdated, but the group at large is still often referred to as 'haplochromine' and refers to nearly all the non-mbuna (pseudotropheus, etc) and non-peacocks in Lake Malawi).

My best educated guess is that this is an older individual from the Aulonocara stuartgranti group. The egg-spot pattern is typical of the stuartgranti. The head shape is why I am guessing this fish is older... additionally, this could indeed be a hybrid between different types of aulonocara. These fish will breed readily with one another in a mixed setting, so if you got this fish from a tank labelled 'assorted african cichlids', your guess is as good as mine.

At any rate, he's a pretty fish... just call him a peacock Smile

Lee Ann
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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8897]

Thu, 28 February 2008 19:01

Malawi Mother

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LeeAnn wrote on Thu, 28 February 2008 13:07

Just call me outdated, my kids certainly do.

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8903]

Thu, 28 February 2008 21:07

LeeAnn

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Hmm... well, I didn't really mean for that to sound like a personal dig Sad

I was referring to the old books, and even the new books with old information Smile

Check out cichlidae.com ... there's tons of 'correct' information in there. Juan works very hard to keep it all up to date.

Lee Ann
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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8904]

Thu, 28 February 2008 21:56

boo_872

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Malawi Mother, LeeAnn and S281Saleen160 Thanks alot for your help. I took the picture to a friend of mine who has a petstore and he thought it was a red flush or Rubesens. It has a really deep purple all over and redish orange by his gills and around his head like a red shoulder. His top fin has a bright yellowish gold line on top of it. Here's another picture of him from a distance where you can see his purple better. He's above the PUNDAMILIA NYEREREI and the Texas Holey Rock. Even if I don't find out what kind of fish he is he's still a keeper. Take Care Guys and Thanks again.
BOO

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8908]

Fri, 29 February 2008 09:10

Malawi Mother

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LeeAnn wrote on Thu, 28 February 2008 19:07

Hmm... well, I didn't really mean for that to sound like a personal dig Sad

I was referring to the old books, and even the new books with old information Smile

LeeAnn, I didn't take it as a personal dig, I was just messing with you more than anything. I was trying to be funny but you being two states over from me wouldn't know that I guess as you can't see my face when I say it, that's why in the PM I gave you a raspberry when covering this topic Razz

Maybe your smileys don't work good for expression Rolling Eyes

Maybe I shouldn't be so much of a wise acre Very Happy

Maybe I should think harder before I speak Embarassed

Or maybe I just shouldn't use these smileys at all Shocked

Maybe it's time for me to really start learning the ins and outs of my hobby and stop going off what I learn on the interent. I do know exactly what you mean though, when I bought my obliquidens, they were listed at the store as Haplochromis and when I looked them up on the internet I couldn't find any info on them. Well very little anyways. But I eventually did learn their real name. Hey you know the old saying "it's all sounds like Greek to me". And Homer would say "Doh!" Very Happy

Last thing I want everyone to think here is that I don't know anything at all about african cichlids and never come here in fear they are going to get bad info.

And just for the record, I wrote 3-4 other responses here before deleting them saying that I thought this fish to be some sort of peacock but couldn't place the snout. But my uncertainty got the best of me. I do agree with LeeAnn on this subject.

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8921]

Fri, 29 February 2008 23:18

LeeAnn

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Gass sez it looks like an Aulonocara stuartgranti red shoulder (red shoulder peacock). I'm thinking the red isn't wide enough, but who knows... individuals can be different. I'm not even 5'1 and my brother's 6'4!

MM... mine was sarcasm too Smile

I'm the biggest wise-arse EVAR. Er... and the shortest?

I'm gonna take my Diet Dr Pepper, my pineapple gummy candy and the Prisoner of Azkaban and go have a hot bath. It's been a long damn day Smile

Night all!

Lee Ann
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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8922]

Sat, 01 March 2008 00:03

boo_872

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Location: Saginaw, MI

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Leeann,
I was thinking a red shoulder or orange shoulder also. I came across these picures thinking it might be Aulonocara Stuartgranti Cobue Mozambique. It looks like one to me. You can't tell that good from my cheap camera but, he has deep purple all over him with the red and orange. I was looking at these websites.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a_cobue.php

http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/haps/aulonocara_cobue.h tml

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/BOO_BARRIENTOS/African%20Cichlids/CobueMozambique2.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/BOO_BARRIENTOS/African%20Cichlids/CobueMozambique.jpg

Have a good night.
Take Care,
BOO

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8935]

Sat, 01 March 2008 21:29

LeeAnn

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Hmm... a lot of similarities for sure. I think it's safe to say it's definitely of the stuartgranti species... but not so sure about cobue... I have never seen one with any orange or reddish shading on the shoulders like that.

I was thinking more along these lines, which is the A. stuartgranti 'red shoulder':

http://research.yale.edu/peabody/CICHLID/AB/aul-red-shoulder.jpg

Lee Ann
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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #8937]

Sun, 02 March 2008 02:35

boo_872

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LeeAnn,
Thanks alot for your help. I agree with you and see that it's a Red Shoulder After looking at your picture. So, I'm gonna say and agree it's a Red Shoulder.
Take Care,
BOO

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Re: Can someone Identify My African Cichlid Please? [message #9427]

Sun, 06 April 2008 00:17

tommyG

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I think that fish you have may be called a Red Empress I may be wrong. They were very Popular a while back.

Tom

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