Johanni? Maingano?

johanni females are yellow with the males looking blue and black with a horizontal stripe and there is no way to tell the males apart in most situations. and it is advises to get the fish from reliable breeders due to the vast amount of malawi hybrids. HTH

colinrobinson;2783483; said:

johanni females are yellow with the males looking blue and black with a horizontal stripe and there is no way to tell the males apart in most situations. and it is advises to get the fish from reliable breeders due to the vast amount of malawi hybrids. HTH

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Yep. Colin pretty much summed it up

Only dif I can tell with my maingano is he doesn't have the white border on his top fin and tail that the johannii does also his belly is black ..........no way to tell from pcs

Maingano's are sometimes known as Electric Blue Johannis, but they do look like maingano to me.

Maingano or Johanni...call them what you like. Just know that in a few months they may be running that tank.

MoFish78;2788705; said:

i see them being sold and labeled separately. are you saying it's the same exact fish?

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They are classed as different and ARE different fish-

Melanochromis Johanni
Melanochromis Cyaneorhabdos or electric blue Maingano

Although I have seen articles on the web calling the 2 the same fish they are infact different. The female Johanni is Yellow the female Maingano is blue.

I did read your request for pics and yes I do have pics of both however the pics don't show a clear enough difference to warrant posting.

I suggest do what I do ................goggle them or read this:http://www.tropicalfishandaquariums.com/AfricanCichlids/Johanni.asp