ID my african please.....

[prof chaos]

it was a fish i bought in a tank with unidentified africans in it

 

[MN_Rebel]

The right one isn't African cichlid but an American cichlid known as Jack Dempsey. The fish on left is African cichlid but I am not familiar to most African species.

 

[boldtogether]

Its a Malawi Mbuna, Zebra-Red Zebra, probably male. It wont get more than 5"-6" and is a very common mouth brooder.

 

[fishmamma]

What does "mouth brooder " mean? I just picked two of these up this past weekend and just want to be informed.

 

[prof chaos]

i just cant for the life of me figure out what he is......Malawi Mbuna, Zebra-Red Zebra, and blue dolphin. were all my guesses.....i think hes a mutt of some sort. pretty mean dude too i had to let my JD teach him a thing or two. lol

thanks for all ur help guys

 

[prof chaos]

what were they called? the ones u picked up.....and some pics would be nice too

 

[moodig]

mouth brooder means they hold the eggs in their mouth

 

[fishmamma]

I'm thinking Zebra only because from what I read, one of their descriptions where that they have bright orange/yellow spots on their anal fins and these do... but still not certain.

** I just noticed yours have the yellow dots too.

 

[fishmamma]

what were they called? the ones u picked up.....and some pics would be nice too

They were in a tank labeled " Mixed African's " no specifics so who knows...

 

[straitjacketstar]

Nothing more specific than a "mixed african". I would not consider it a pure species as it is most likely hybridized at some point.