Please ID this African

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NotoriousSway;2739737; said:
Definatly not a kenyi,

its a Pseudotropheus socolofi


I don't think its a Pseudotropheus socolofi

Pseudotropheus socolofi don't have the lines that your fish displays.

Kinda looks like a cross between a blue alhi and a kenyi LOL I don't know. But not a socolofi.

Good luck.
 
Well, at first glance i thought it looked like a juvenile kenyi but then i noticed that it has way more vertical bars than a kenyi would have. my kenyi only have 5 or six wider vertical black bars.

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these are some pics of the socolofi from google images

here is a pic of a kenyi.
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Saulosi Mbuna is my 1st guess, females are yellow. might be a young male trying to take over the tank. If the tank is not over crowed the Mbuna's get agressive.
 
rucus;2739906; said:
I don't think its a Pseudotropheus socolofi

Pseudotropheus socolofi don't have the lines that your fish displays.

Kinda looks like a cross between a blue alhi and a kenyi LOL I don't know. But not a socolofi.

Good luck.

it is to elongated to be a kenyi


Pseudotropheus socolofi DO have bars like that but they only show them when they are juveniles or stressed. Look at the google pics above.
 
I'm thinkin' very young melanochromis Johannii too narrow (torpedo shaped ) to be a kenyi, also would explain the high aggression as young has he is......but maybe I'm wrong
 
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