Help with ID please

[bozatron]

Hi All

I'm originally from the UK and now living in the Middle East. Trying to find good quality fish here is hard and then when you do find something interesting it is often hard to get any details from the LFS. I'm getting better at spotting the common ones but this beauty has me stumped. Size is around 7", lips have a real blue hue to them, barring is very sold and clear, there is a very slight cream or pink to the dorsal fin and bar in the caudal peduncle (spl?).

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Decker504]

Butterkofferi

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[IndyTexy]

Tilapia butterkoferi-- They can get over 12" and can be very aggressive.

 

[bozatron]

Thanks to both of you, just looked up Butterkoferi in the "Pocketpro - Guide to Cichlids" and that looks spot on. IndyTexy the book says a whopping 16" max size!

 

[Reiner]

16" is correct and I have seen them bigger in a zoo aquarium that was a couple of thousand gallons though.

 

[Chub_by]

Its buttikoferi though. Not Butter.

 

[bozatron]

I can't believe it's not butter . . . . 😆😆😆


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[IndyTexy]

Thanks for pointing the typo..

 

[s1c]

Def a Butti