is this a kigoma?

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stuwil

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hi
at the moment i have 5 burundis
i saw this 7 stripe at a lfs
shes about 5/6 inches and had been in a 2ft tank for 10 months
i just had to get her
it was only labelled as frontosa
shes loving her new home, just need to know which variant she is

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Outside of the 7 stripes it just doesnt look like one...

They usually have a yellow to their fins and a mask that looks like the fish to the top left of this picture... you can google it and look at the pictures and you can see a good example of their coloration.

Look at the mask at the fish in the upper left corner... it should have a mask that looks like that. (The stripe over the eye).

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cheek pattern and lack of yellow in the fins along with the overall shape does not appear to be kigoma. These are my kigomas, notice how the 'cheek stripe' does not go solid right over the face/head.

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thanks for the replies
i only guessed kigoma every time i googled 7 bar it always came up
apart from a 7 bar burundi, could it be another kind?
its body shape is different to my burundies
 
Well with all the talk going on I havent kept up to date on everything but... as far as I know... the only 7 stripe frontosa is the kigoma. Does it look anything like the other fish in my photo ( the larger one to the middle ) ?
 
I dont know but it looks like a burundi to me. Anywho I wouldn't breed her otherwise you could end up with 6 stripes on one side, 7 on the other, mooning or something else. If you do breed them, be responsible and dont sell them to anyone or drop them off at any pet shop.
 
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