Assorted ID

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Joshuakahan

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I picked up a couple assorted peacocks/ haps and I think I know what the first one is, but looking for confirmation and the second one I have no idea. Out of the water the second one has a little red and blue around the face and gills
Thank you

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Assuming they are pure the first one looks like Aulonocara stuartgranti.
The second one is difficult. First impression was Otopharynx lithobates. But the face profile Looks a bit steep.

Pics from different angles of both fish could be helpful.
 
Assuming they are pure the first one looks like Aulonocara stuartgranti.
The second one is difficult. First impression was Otopharynx lithobates. But the face profile Looks a bit steep.

Pics from different angles of both fish could be helpful.
Thank you, I’ll try to get some more pics this afternoon
 
Assuming they are pure the first one looks like Aulonocara stuartgranti.
The second one is difficult. First impression was Otopharynx lithobates. But the face profile Looks a bit steep.

Pics from different angles of both fish could be helpful.
I couldn’t really get a pic, they didn’t cooperate, but I made a vid of this helps

 
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Now I can see more details.
The blue one seems to be a hybrid. The head doesn't match with an Aulonocara. But the body looks like one.
Still no proper idea with the grey fish.
 
Now I can see more details.
The blue one seems to be a hybrid. The head doesn't match with an Aulonocara. But the body looks like one.
Still no proper idea with the grey fish.
Ahh, I was afraid that it might be a hybrid. This LFS is usually pretty good about that, but I’m usually weary of ones being sold as assorted unless I can identify them. Oh well, at least it has nice color
Thank you for the help though
 
The first, looks like a male Azureus to me. The second is anyone's guess, but it might be a juvenile Tiawan Reef.
 
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The first, looks like a male Azureus to me. The second is anyone's guess, but it might be a juvenile Tiawan Reef.
Interesting you say the second is a protomelas, I had a friend come by and he said protomelas too, but his guess was insignus.
 
The first, looks like a male Azureus to me. The second is anyone's guess, but it might be a juvenile Tiawan Reef.
That's interesting. I didn't consider C. aureus at all. But now I see what you mean. There is a lot of resemblance.
But are there azureus that show so much white under the chin and on the ventral fins?
And the end of the dorsal fins and the tail show a lot of red for an azureus.
I still tend to say it's a hybrid.
 
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