yet another "help me ID..." post, please

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niqolas619

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Alright, I promise, these are the last three that I need help ID-ing. I had to borrow my friend's camera, so this is all I got for right now. Thanks in advance.

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The only one i am pretty sure of is the middle pic which i think is Pseudotropheus ACEI..since they just ID'd mine..
 
My guess on the yellow is that it is a female Pseudotropheus crabro, comonly called a bumble bee. (Though the head might be too wide so I might be wrong.)

The first some sort of Pseudotropheus, I don't know what though.

The middle is as was said by red devil an Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei"
 
I thought the first one was some kind of Pseud. as well, but then this pic on wikipedia threw me a little. They're Maylandia lombardoi.

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Hm that is true. niqolas619 was the yellow bared one originally blue? If so it could be as you think Metriaclima lombardoi. As for the first it likely really is just a hybrid between the two (the odd bars are really trowing me for a loop). But eh I don't know. If you really want to figure it out check out all of these: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=2

Anyways good luck on figuring it out.
 
ikevi;1008026; said:
Hm that is true. niqolas619 was the yellow bared one originally blue?

The yellow one has always been yellow, but he's not really that old yet, so I don't know.

Thanks for the help. I've looked through a lot of those pages, and it's just kinda hard because so many of these look similar.
 
3rd one could be a hybrid or it could be some kind of Afra. Definitaley not a Crabro.
 
*Sigh*.

#1 is a M. lombardoi (kenyi) - but either a hybrid or a very poorly bred one (the barring is way wrong).

#2 is an Acei, as mentioned.

#3 is a male M. lombardoi, again, likely a hybrid or very poorly bred one.
 
SinisterKisses;1008483; said:
*Sigh*.

#1 is a M. lombardoi (kenyi) - but either a hybrid or a very poorly bred one (the barring is way wrong).

#2 is an Acei, as mentioned.

#3 is a male M. lombardoi, again, likely a hybrid or very poorly bred one.

It is a male M. lombardoi, likely a hybrid........

That sentence kinda contradicts itself.... *sigh*
 
Not so much, if you interpret it properly. I'm not saying it IS a hybrid...perhaps I should have said "most likely a very poorly bred one, but possibly a hybrid". I'm just not as "h-word" happy as most people are, so I'm calling it a poorly bred lombardoi rather than instantly calling it a hybrid.

Either way, even if you consider it a contradiction...at least I'm not calling it an afra :)
 
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