id tropheus

[justarn]

high all, just picked up this black tropheus today and im interested in its species?
there is some faint barring and a blue tinge to his head, but very black!?
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[Evz jardini]

Could be a duboisi Justin , little stress could be causing the blackness here's a PIC of mine best I can get with this cam
There seems to be a lot of them dotted about the UK ATM , didn't know you were into Africans anyway Justin ???? Little small for you ain't he lol
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[justarn]

well he came with a group of fish that i bought as all midas lol!-) hoping he can stay away from the wyckii as he is really cool, i have kept duboisi before and the blue made me wonder but there is no yellow at all... maybe he is stressed right out but not so sure. he has been in the tank for over an hour now. i actually love duboisi, got the butti in there and the five star general growing out. need a tank for the wyckii soon now!-)

 

[justarn]

been googling, maybe a tropheus black carumber?

 

[justarn]

right he has multiple thin white/cream bars along the full lenght of his top flank, finding it hard to get a shot... im guessing a close relative to the duboisi now with the blueish head!-)

 

[Evz jardini]

I had a pretty big one with a blue head that I thought was a duboisi I'll see if I can find a pic mate , big blue head
Having a disaster atm as usual in my main tank

 

[swk]

Gonna be impossible to make a proper id with that photo. Anyway to take a better one? It would even help if you netted him and took a pic out of the water

 

[justarn]

 

[justarn]

any ideas?

 

[Heyguy74]

Its very possible its a hybrid.