Need an ID

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So my lfs finally got some decent cichlids in as far as the Africans go so of course I found this one very nice fish that just had a glow to him so I picked him up. At first he looked to be a peacock but upon further inspection I am debating as to which he is a hap or peacock. I fig he was either a Electric Blue Hap Sciaenochromis fryeri, as he kinda looks like one or if he was a Aulonocara Stuartgranti Ngara because he also kinda looks like one of those or a I have never had either of these fish so this is new for me., although I am pretty sure its a peacock I could be wrong. I was leaning more towards the Aulonocara because mine is starting form yellow on the lower part in his front-mid body area (cant really see it in the pic) and the Stuart has that. But then again its fin colorations reminds me of the hap. Or I could be wrong and it could be neither. It may be still to small to tell. So in short.... help me ID it!

here are 7 pics of it sorry they look bad:

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SinisterKisses said:
Honestly, I think its a fryeri cross.
any ideas on what it maybe crossed with?

Actually I foudn them in a tank with parrots and a few ob crosses, none were labeled just "large africans".. they dunno what it is...
 
No, sorry :( You can definitely see the fryeri in him, but he doesn't look completely right.
 
SinisterKisses said:
No, sorry :( You can definitely see the fryeri in him, but he doesn't look completely right.
Guess I gotta wait till he gets older. Yah thats why I had such trouble figuring out what he was because the yellow that is coming out in him really looks like the Aulono but for the most part he looks like the fryeri so I fig. maybe he was the Aulono b/c the fyeri didnt have that yellow but then again the aulono doesnt have the same fin colors. anyways thanks for the help!
 
rickson said:
it looks like Aulonocara stuartgranti "German Red"
you mean sp. rubin red or red flush? I am sure they got by pleanty of other names but they have alot more red in them mine doesnt have any of the red coloration that they do.
 
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