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tommyc    Hobbyist Posts: 106 Kudos: 1146 Votes: 75 Registered: 11-Aug-2003   | Are the Metriaclima estherae and the Pseudotropheus estherae female, both orange with the males being blue. Also is there any physical defference between these, that I would be able to identify, If so what would I look for. Thanks Tom |
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| john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003  | Yes they are in fact the same fish... The scientific name was changed a while ago... Another variation of the scientific name some people use is Maylandia. |
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AndyCLS Fish Addict Posts: 590 Kudos: 1584 Votes: 107 Registered: 13-Mar-2003 | Yep, they are the same species. One of the many Mbuna that have suffered from a taxonomic identity crisis.  Maylandia / Metriaclima / Pseudotropheus estherae.I think the current classification is Maylandia estherae. I see them labeled as Metriaclima a lot too though. |
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| AndyCLS Fish Addict Posts: 590 Kudos: 1584 Votes: 107 Registered: 13-Mar-2003 | Darnit John, ya beat me!  |
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