Cichlid ID?

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amctaxidermy

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Hello all, newbie here, but anyway, I thought I would throw this out there because I picked up this cichlid at the LFS and was wondering what species it is? I believe it to be a male of whatever kind it is...help would be appreciated. The guy at the fish store said it was an auratus but I don't believe it to be. I attached a pic below, its fuzzy cuz the little bugger wouldn't stay still for a photoshoot!

Here is a video of him, sorry if its kinda fuzzy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UbjxEuuuA

Any ideas?

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Due to no yellow strip in the video, I would Have to say Melanchromis Chipokae. They get rather large and are very aggressive.
 
tarheels910;1304027; said:
Due to no yellow strip in the video, I would Have to say Melanchromis Chipokae. They get rather large and are very aggressive.
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I agree with M. chipokae atm.
Although from that shot it seems almost as though the head it a little short and mouth a but more stout that M. chipokae. Could you get a profile shot?
chipokae x auratus is another possibility.
 
If this was a male Mel chipokae he would already be his blue colour. Get a two tone blue colouring with the lighter being more a silvery colour.
From the colour I would say it is a female as they mature into a brown colouring similar to what I can make out from the pics posted..
The Mel. auratus in your video look to be of the "elongatus" species. The females tend to be a lot paler in colour with the males becoming a rather dark brown/black colour.
Breed all three of these species, that is with wild caught stock.
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The chipokae exhibits blue coloration in the first picture. OP's description of his own fish in question in his provided video is "purple/black". Pretty up to the range of color I've seen in male M. chipokae.

mike dunagan;1311885; said:
do you mean that it is a mel auratus, the pics are the same as the video... just want to be clear on what you are saying...
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No, he's saying it is a female M. chipokae. And aside from that I think he's adding that he sees M. auratus in the video and further adding that he thinks they are of the "M. auratus elongatus" variety, assuming they are of course of pure lines (which is highly unlikely of most tankbred fish as it is). Not that anyone asked about the M. auratus in the video anyhow. He's also either telling someone to breed all three species and for some reason they must be wild or he's had or has all 3 of these species and they are wild. Whatever. I don't really care since it doesn't really pertain to anything OP is asking.

He's back to grace us with his drivel. Yay. :shakehead
 
from my understanding the fish in the video and pics are the same fish. I was asking if he thought that the same fish was two different fish, since he said the same fish was two separate fish. I was trying to figure out what he meant.
 
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