Can you help with Cichlid ID

[Kodatech]

I got these at petsmart about a year ago and they were in a "manager's special" "assorted african cichlid" tank...any idea what they are?










Any help is appreciated. And if you go to my gallery, you can see click them and they become HUGE, if it helps. Thanks in advance!

 

[emptyhead0102]

1,2,4- Melanochromis Johannii (females and juveniles are orange, males turn blue w/ balck stripes)
3,8- Pseudotrpheus crabro (bumblebee)
5- Metriaclima callainos (not positive though, anyone else?)
6,7- Melanochromis Auratus (one of my personal favs)

Someone correct me here if I'm wrong please

 

[mike dunagan]

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[mike dunagan]

but they are all african, pm a mod to move it to african cichlids and you will get more responses on it...

 

[Kodatech]

It was in african cichlids and got moved here.

 

[Kodatech]

BTW...thanks for the help

 

[straitjacketstar]

1. M. johannii type
2. M. johannii type
3. P. crabro
4. M. johannii type
5. P. socolofi
6. M. johannii type
7. M. johannii type
8. P. crabro

Now you may be wondering "WTF is a M. 'johannii type'" and it's actually quite simple.
I don't like to assume a Melanochromis of the johannii complex is pure when I see one because it is most likely a jumbled mix of M. johannii, M. interruptus and/or M. cyanoerhabdos. Hell, chances are, there are some "M. johannii" out there that don't even have M. johannii in them. A nicer way of putting the H-word, if you will.

 

[Kodatech]

H-word or not, it is what it is. If it is an H-word, you can call it that, you wont offend me. :O)

Thanks for the help!

 

[Havoc]

It's fair to assume that any african sold in an "assorted" tank is a hybrid, even moreso when it's petsmart, petco, walmart, etc.