What Kind of Peacock is This?

[sd520VX]

Hey everyone,

I bought this guy about a month ago thinking it was red peacock. It has blue in his face and some red on the shoulders. But now all those colors are gone and it's now just a brown color. Anyone know what kind of peacock it is or if it's some type of hybrid? Thanks!

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Too dark to tell but might be a aulonocara hansbaenschi

 

[granites2001]

I agree...the pic is too dark to tell...

 

[m1ke715m]

probly a female whatever it is

 

[tfoster7189]

It could still be a young male that has dulled down. But, I'll agree with the female theory. It looks a lot like the females that I have.

 

[m1ke715m]

usually at that size even if its a sub-dom male the anal and dorsal fins will have pointy tips to them

 

[sd520VX]

the fins used to have a little point on the tips but have since been nipped off by the other fish in the tank. here's a couple more pics i took with the flash. sorry for the crappy pics. cheap camera...

this one is a pic of his/her partner. lol

thanks for the input everyone!

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Much better pics, but I'm still scratching my head as to what it is lol...they do look like females though which makes it harder to identify

 

[sd520VX]

i originally thought they were aulonocara hansbaenschi red shoulder when i first bought them but the colors have faded a bit since. i'm thinking they are both female which leads me to believe that the lfs i purchsed them from may have used some kind of hormones to give them color.

thanks for your input!