Still can't figure out this type of cichlid

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I know nothing about African Cichlids but this looks like a blue dolphin or moorii cichlid to me.
(Cyrtocara moorii) Maybe a female because there's no hump?
 
Looks more like a Mbuna to me, it doesn't have pronounced lips like a Moorii and i've also never seen a Moorii with egg spots before. It's just a big male blue zebra.
If you google Moorii cichlid you can see the clear difference between what you have and what they are. Yes they look very similar but so do a lot of africans. anyone who has ever kept blue dolphins will instantly know that you don't have one. its still a nice fish though.

ps Blue Dolphin (Moorii) never stop moving, they are very active open water swimmers, whereas Mbuna will chill in caves and rocks aswell as swimmig in the open.
 
Rafini said:
Looks more like a Mbuna to me, it doesn't have pronounced lips like a Moorii and i've also never seen a Moorii with egg spots before. It's just a big male blue zebra.
If you google Moorii cichlid you can see the clear difference between what you have and what they are. Yes they look very similar but so do a lot of africans. anyone who has ever kept blue dolphins will instantly know that you don't have one. its still a nice fish though.

ps Blue Dolphin (Moorii) never stop moving, they are very active open water swimmers, whereas Mbuna will chill in caves and rocks aswell as swimmig in the open.
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Ill google and compare but mine at the moment swims back and forth never stops moving which makes me think it's a dolphin but like you said it doesn't have some characteristics


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Url didnt work so I imgur'd it, its a cobalt blue zebra
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You have a blue zebra, see? mbuna are active too I know, but dolphins will glass surf all day like barbs
 
ecoli73 said:
Not a moori...certainly one of the zebras...possibly a mix of zebras.


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I think it's a hybrid it has the dots on the bottom tail fin but it glass surfs constantly and spends 90% of the day In the middle of the tank swimming back and forth. He or she isn't as blue as the zebras which makes me think it's a hybrid it's light purple and blue


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There are no Moorii zebra hybrids. It has never happened and I somehow doubt you have the only one.
Some zebras are more active than others that doesn't mean that you have a Hybrid. Like I said either way its a really nice fish but anyone who has had experience with Africans before can tell you that its a Zebra of some kind.
 
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