cenecker;1165675; said:
I'm not trying to call myself an expert or anything but I'd like to ask a question involving your logic.
cenecker;1155553; said:
How then, do you suggest, subdominant males happen?
I strongly oppose your opinion and I will state it as opinion since it is not fact, plain and simple.
You would think that in a species noted for being unique among Malawi mbuna for that fact that it's the females that are blue and males that turn yellow, as opposed to females being yellow and males turning blue (as it happens in other species such as Pseudo. saulosi and Melanochromis johannii), something as BIG as sex changes would have been noticed as well.
As for your own anecdotal "evidence", you have yet to provide proof. All you have is color changes. Color changes are not uncommon in M. lombardoi, male or female. Subdom males can "disguise" themselves in female garb to prevent being seen as a competitor by a hyperdominant male and females can adopt male coloration in attempt to detract courting males, especially while holding. This is not uncommon in M. lombardoi. It's not uncommon in M. auratus. It's not uncommon in O. mossambicus.
