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	Silly question - identify my cichlid
aregma Hobbyist Posts: 60 Kudos: 22 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Mar-2004	I bought a few cichlids a while back, the tank was labeled sunshine peacocks, but I am pretty sure they are not, since they look nothing like the pictures I've seen. They are blue, with big vertical stripes (of dark blue color) and the tips of the back and top fins are a deep red. Any suggestions of what these are actually, or some resource where I could look it up would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	http://www.lilviv.com/fish/cichlids/theother.jpg Does the fish look like that? The fish above is a pseudotropheus lombordoi. Another fish that might be it is the pseudotropheus zebra "red dorsal" http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Td3qvs4FwQ8J:www.gameroom.com/h2o/Bb7.jpg
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Anti Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	As above the pseudotropheus zebra are also known as "Redtops" & "Redtop black bars" and i have never seen them with deep red fins. Can you get a picture of him? [span class="edited"][Edited by Anti 2004-08-09 04:46][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
aregma Hobbyist Posts: 60 Kudos: 22 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Mar-2004	My camera has a very slow shutter speed, so it comes out very fuzzy.. hopefully this fuzzy picture is enough to identify it: http://tinypic.com/1vfco Thanks!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
aregma Hobbyist Posts: 60 Kudos: 22 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Mar-2004	Another bad picture of his friend: http://tinypic.com/1vfhx
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	Odds are that it is a zebra of some color morph...if the colors were clearer I could probably help you. From my perspective, it's a close morph to the red dorsal shown above. The darker colorations may be signs of stress if you bought it recently.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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