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I have an online friend who has asked me to help him to identify one of his recent purchases, or more appropriately said, a "mystery fish" which was recently bought by his wife, along with three other fish. I suggested to him that it looks like an albino Labidochromis Caeruleus, if such a fish exists.

If you'd care to have a look at some images of the fish, and make a stab at its proper identification, please go to the link below:

http://www.endtimeprophecy.org/cgi-bin/TheFishGuy/TheFishGuy.cgi?fid=16&topic_id=1246717486

Thanks folks!

My guess would be an albino zebra if we are refering to the first picture. It looks just like my albino zebra I currently have.

Thanks for your reply. I received a number of responses on a variety of fish messageboards. The general consensus has been that it is a Pseudotropheus Socolofi.

Sir Syklyd, I would have to agree with the Pseudotropheus thoughts. Here is a picture I found online of an albino and it looks pretty close to your picture. The only real differnce I see is the one in your picture has a pointed tips on the anal/dorsal fin and the fish in this picture does not...

http://www2.dc.ufscar.br/~jose/photos/14-Pseudotropheus%20socolofi%20albino.jpg

Yellow Labs don't have that body shape so I definitely don't think it is that. Someone else may have a different view on that but in my experience they are taller and not as long as the fish in your picture. Hope this helps...

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Hello 4fish. Thanks for the additional input. I will pass the image URL along to my friend for his consideration.