p. pulcher or some other species?

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So I've got some kribensis. P. pulcher i thought i had, considering the price. But i've got two at the moment displaying breeding coloration. The female being smaller with the red belly, the male larger.


But this is where it gets interesting. Rather than the male having a pink sopt, he has a red area going from the base of his mouth, all the way down his belly to near his tail.. hence, the entire belly area is a red, not just a patch like the female. The fins are a deep red on the edges too.

Could this be another species? A female (hence my kribensis are in fact ***), or just a really bright male? They're highly territorial right now - I'm tempted to go get some dithers to stop them from harrassing my congo blue cichlids that i've got in there as well.

Yes, a pair of kribensis have a 72 gallon territory. It wouldn't surprise me if they're the ones that killed my pleco.

help me out here... got any links to sites with pictures of different krib species?
 
Best bet would be to cross reference Dr. Anton Lamboj's book, The Cichlid Fishes of Western Africa. Have any pictures that you can post of both fish? Ted (tjudy) might also be able to ID it.
 
It could be the 'Nigerian Red' - which is a form of Pelvicachromis taeniatus. Have a look here

Alan
 
i'll try and get a shot of it, but i'm thinking its just a standard p. pulcher
 
Old thread I know - but wanted to add this for probable clarification - The fish is prob. P. sacrimontis (formerly known as P. sp. aff. pulcher and were sometimes called giant krib - I kept them about 20 years ago and the males got to a good 4 inches long) and are much redder than normal P. pulcher and are often called red krib (though there are different morphs). I have seen pics of some males (like in my old Goldstein book on cichlids of the World - which I can't scan for you sorry - it's in storage with all my other stuff back in Australia) that are almost entirely red. they look exactly like normal krib only bigger and redder.
 
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