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it has the mouth shape of a electric yellow but it is missing the stripes. i have heard that some e. yellows show up now and then without the black markings. this could be what you have. the mouth definitly does not look like a psuedotropheus or maylandia.

electric blues you cant bet them espically full grown males with blue stripes down there back get 5 of them in a tank and there awesome to watch

Hey
It cant be that because there mouth is to pointed and 99% sure thats its a msobo.

Just to add my thoughts once again, they kinda eco JB's.

There's no doubt what so ever the those are Saulosi.
Enjoy them

Hey
No it got a to mutch of a pionted face to be them its is def the msobo! Any what does the male msobo look like?
Thank everong for all your help

Here's another pic of a female saulosi, that looks almost identical to the female msobo:



I'm showing this because I'd still think it's more likely that your fish are saulosi. Especially as, in your second pic, your fish looks quite yellow. But if you look closely you will see some differences in body shape, particularly mouth shape - note how the msobo's mouth is a little bit elongated, protruding slightly. Also, you will see that the saulosi has some very very faint barring on it's body. Do your fish have any evidence of barring, or are they a very solid colour?

Actually to me the msobo also looks very much like a red zebra, on the slightly less red side. In fact, I wouldn't completely discount your fish being red zebras, especially since you mentioned blue on the fins - male red zebras often get a blue tinge to their extremeties.

Just to confuse you more - a male red zebra:
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

they def look like that third picture they are 3" and im sure that its them but if its not then what else could they be?

I agree with JB its gotta be msobo magunga. Its a very pretty fish. Hard to find around here too.

Malawi freak, I believe those photos are of adults, except maybe the last one. So that's what they'll look like, unless 1 or more of them end up being males.

Male msobo magunga:


Male saulosi:


I agree with Mr Cichlid, most likely you have saulosi. Msobo are pretty rare I think, so it's unlikely that you'd have them without knowing what they are.

Macbeth - you know, come to think of it, at that size it really is quite likely that you have electric yellows that just haven't got their black yet. They are some tiny fish there!

Juvenile e. yellows:

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Hi JB,
I've got 5 E. yellows without any black markings, about 2-3cm in size.
I hope they're E. yellows! Only go them a week ago!
First foray into cichlids and they were sold as E. yellows.
Taking a closer look though the E. yellows (he hopes), are more flat on the underside than the fish in your photos and the face is slightly different - longer. Well more so than the two top photos.

Hey
Just beining it look so mutch like that third picture all of them look like that are they nice when they grow to adults?
What do the males look like?
Thanks MR_CICHLID on the complament

Different strokes for different folks, for me theirs way to many outstanding malawi's...
but if i had to try:
Mbuna, Ps. Acei *Tanzanian black
no, no wait......
Peacock, Aul. Steveni *Kande Island
I can't do it

Also, I'm thinking the little yellow one is a Pseudotropheus Saulosi (female), about 99.7% on that oneAlso strongly looks like a Johani but the thickness in the body is for sure Pseudotropheus

Beautiful Moori, enjoy

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Sorry to not explain myself clearly, Just Beginning, I was looking at the yellow fish in background of Malawi freak's photo, not the blue ones.

So was I! Female johannii and saulosi are yellow. I just didn't think it looked like e. yellow as I have never seen one without the black stripes.

I really don't think it's a peacock, it has the body shape of an mbuna. The blue tail you mention is puzzling. I'd definitely say female johannii or saulosi otherwise.

Female johanii:


Female saulosi:


Female msobo:


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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

I thought it coulb just be a e yellow peacock because it now has elerice blue tail! its so nice iv got three of them!

I would say cyrtocara morii aka malawi blue dolphin

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The blue ones are cyrtocara morii!
Here another picture of that yellow one but up front!
malawi freak attached this image:
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Sorry to not explain myself clearly, Just Beginning, I was looking at the yellow fish in background of Malawi freak's photo, not the blue ones.

I definitely don't think it's an e. yellow. I'd say female johannii or saulosi, maybe, or possibly a red zebra. It's hard to tell with juvis.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Malawi freak,
That fish looks just like the Electric Yelows I bought a few days ago, on my screen the colouring is so similar. Of the 8 I have, 5 don't have the black dorsal markings and I selected them because of the chance they may be female.

I'll be a bit p***ed off if they turn out to be something other than Electric Yellows though, so the more knowledgeable people throw in your ideas.

could be a female saulosi, female (or juvie) msobo. i have never seen an orange fish like that witha black stripe like a yellow labs'.