Is there such a fish?

[crashinc25]

Hey all...
Looking for some help with Calvus'.
I know the white, black, orange, etc., but I once saw a picture of one that had the exact same bar pattern as a Frontosa or a Five-bar Cichlid; same bars (dark & light alternating and color (blue tint). I can't figure out if it was a subspecies or something special.

I saw the picture on a google search for Calvus, but now I can't find it.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueler? Bueler?

Rob

 

[DrZacharyus]

black calvus' look like a frontosa. I had the dwarf ones with shell dwellers. cool little fish. grow extremely slow.

 

[santoury]

sounds like a tretocephalus to me.

 

[crashinc25]

A black Calvus doesn't look like a Front that I've seen. Not the same blue in them.
A Tretocephalus is the 5-bar I mentioned.
I have both of these fish.
It is absolutely of the Calvus family. Same horse face, same shape.

 

[DrZacharyus]

dude look up black calvus thats it ive had them. they are the calvus just with frontosa like strips and are black or tan

 

[DrZacharyus]

correct?

 

[santoury]

Sorry, I see nothing between the calvus and frontosa... but yeah...

 

[crashinc25]

Grrr... I'll concede, but I know what I saw. Maybe it was just really happy in the picture.
Wish I could find that picture. It was 3 pictures...
1 White Calvus. White w/light stripes
2 Ink Fin Calvus. Basic opposite of the white one
3 Barred Calvus. Just picture a Zaire Blue Frontosa with that Calvus horse head and body. Same brilliant blue highlights at each edge of the white bar.
Like this

 

[santoury]

Are you sure it wasn't mislabeled/misidentified, but in fact something else, namely a tretocephalus, cylindricus, or something of the ilk? I'm not bashing you or anything - just curious myself.

 

[DrZacharyus]

how bout a tropheus?