ID me please.

[Mystus Redtail]

I have a couple of african's that I have acquired, I'm not a big african enthusiast per say. I guess I sort of fell into these. Anyhow... This is the first one, and the second one I am uploading pics of right now. I would appreciate any info on them. Thanks.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

then there's this fella

Another of the first

 

[cichlidgirl]

The second one looks like a female Melanochromis auratus . Not sure what the first one is.

 

[thumsa]

The second one looks like a female Melanochromis auratus . Not sure what the first one is.

Agreed

 

[Sic_Maggot13]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=2

check there maybe???

 

[straitjacketstar]

1. possibly Metriaclima greshakei female
2. Melanochromis chipokae female
3. possibly M. greshakei female

 

[Angler]

1. possibly Metriaclima greshakei female
2. Melanochromis chipokae female
3. possibly M. greshakei female

Yeah, my first thought was Greshakei female too.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

really female? Shows how little I know about africans... I heard that if it has egg spots on the anal fin that it is a male... at least thats what people have told me.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

I guess you can't see from these pictures, but there is one or two egg spots...

 

[straitjacketstar]

Eggspots don't mean much. In some species, such as M. lombardoi, males should be the only gender with an eggspot or eggspots and that can be seen in qiality tankraised specimens of the species but in most species, tankraised or from the lake itself - females can have eggspots.
One of my female Labeo. fuelleborni WC from Chinyankwazi Island has 5 eggspots on her anal fin. Most or all of the females have eggspots.

The big dominant male of the group has two.