Yeah I agree, it's definitely not an eyebiter, but they are some kind of dimidiochromis species though. It has red on it shoulders, so I'm positive that it's a strigatus. Nice!!!! They are even more rare than the common eyebiters.
Eye Biter Pics.
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tydus;1999241; said:
well I was just going with "EYE BITER"? the fish shop had "BLUE DIMIDIOCHROMIS" on the tank.
where is mike
most eyebiters i've seen were greyish/silvery...but maybe thats because they were still small. yours looks awsome though! gonna be a real monster!
bolty;1999244; said:well I was just going with "EYE BITER"? the fish shop had "BLUE DIMIDIOCHROMIS" on the tank.
where is mike
These are most likely to be strigatus. Strigatus have red on their sides which gives you a hint. There are only 4 species of dimidiochromis and yours is strigatus hands down.
jhutch;2001084; said:Yeah I agree this is D. Compressiceps. I think it is a male and he is now 7"
Hey hutch, you think that bolty's fish is a Comp? It looks more of a strigatus to me. Comps don't have the red on their sides whereas the strigatus do. His male's coloration is totally different from a comp, that's why I was confused if it was even a comp or a different species.
It doesn't look like mine in the pic which is why I posted the pic of my Comp. I think it looks more like strigatus myself.
