identify fish please
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Well I looked through my Atlas of freshwater fish, and I think it's a type of Malawi Cichlid : Pseudotropheus Zebra. They come in wildly different colors and patterns so it wasn't a perfect match but it was as close as I could find and that's what I think it is.
I'm not an African Cichlid guy so you could probably ask someone who is to verify this. Good Luck!
I'm not an African Cichlid guy so you could probably ask someone who is to verify this. Good Luck!
I thought it was but never saw one as peach as this, his grey turns blue when he is ready to breed. It was given to me and they didnt know what species he was
more likely he is a regular ob zebra... I have a few that are red and peach, also a few peach and red regular zebras.
Thanks for your help guys! Thoght he was a zebra as well but never saw this type of variant before!
If you say the grey colouring turns a blue colour then I would guess this fish is what is commonly called a Metriaclima sp. zebra"Marmalde cat". I recently bought 3 wild caughts, two females and a male, and my male gets a brilliant blue colouring when trying to assert himself. Will try and get a pic to post of these fish. The male is absolutely stunning.
OB's tend to be the blotchy females of a number of the species found in the lake.
OB's tend to be the blotchy females of a number of the species found in the lake.