I'm just starting with the cichlid hobby and got some cichlids from a local pet store from a tank that said assorted cichlids. I'm doing my best to figure out what they are. Any help would be appreciated.
Albino cichlid
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It's basically impossible to ID albino mbunas, because they are all nearly similar in shape. So without color to help differentiate one from the other, what have you got?
Just like any albino cichlid within a genus, the only way to ID is to count fin rays, and compare to the scientific litererature as to which have (as an example) 9-10 soft rays, or 11 -12 after you count them, and hope it wasn't hybridized somewhere along the line.
Just like any albino cichlid within a genus, the only way to ID is to count fin rays, and compare to the scientific litererature as to which have (as an example) 9-10 soft rays, or 11 -12 after you count them, and hope it wasn't hybridized somewhere along the line.
Looks like a Yellow Labidochromis, Albino Socolofi (or red zebra), Red Zebra, auratus, female kenyi to me. and some rosies.
Oops i meant Male Kenyi, not female, but the second pic down the orange fish. Could be wrong but looks like one to me.
I thought that it was a Red Zebra. Kenyi have black stripes that fade w/ age on male but still visible