Mbuna ID Please

[number17Fan]

I'm thinking P. Elongatus Chailos (sp?). I got 2 mbuna from the various mbuna tank at my LFS. They looked identical as juveniles, but over time 1 started to turn yellow and the other is still dark blue.

Any ideas what I got here?

 

[merc123]

Got any clearer pics? It looks a little like a chailos but I can't tell the lips. My male has some very funny looking 'O' lips.

 

[number17Fan]

I'll try and grab a better pic tonight. My camera did a great job focusing on that plastic plant.

 

[number17Fan]

Man I stink at taking tank pics. What did people do before digital cameras!!!

I took like 20 pics and this is the best one. Hope that helps.

 

[Scotty]

If it is a Chailosi, then I would say it must be a female. This fish belongs to the sp."elongate" and they, male especially, all tend to have the colour go from the body into the tail. In other words the stripes stop at around the anal fin. Females tend to have the stripes all the way through the body. I breed with these, my main female has just given me around 50-60 fry and is carrying again, and all my male fry look the way I have described the male.
Will look at trying to get a good shot of my male.

 

[straitjacketstar]

It might have P. elongatus in it, but it's is not a pure specimen.
I would suspect a M. lombardoi hybrid, due to description. Possibly a M. lombaroi x P. elongatus Likoma.

 

[merc123]

I can id the auratus

 

[why_spyder]

I second straitjacketstar's answer. Far from a pure species.

 

[Angler]

I second straitjacketstar's answer. Far from a pure species.

I third that answer.

 

[number17Fan]

Bummer, a hybrid, I feared such, he's (she) is pretty cool looking in any case, too bad its a mutt.

Thanks for the feedback.