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am i correct in identifying this as pseudotropheus lombardoi? i have seen fish like this called metriclima lomardoi. what is its actual name

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Reversed sexual colouration compard to other Mbuna? Yep. lombardoi. It's the only one I know of that exhibits this feature, and the only one I've seen documented in the literature.

As for the Genus, well, you could be in for an interesting time. I've known it as Pseudotropheus lombardoi for some time, but according to those nice people at The Cichlid Room (and those nice people include people of the calibre of Dr Paul Loiselle, Juan Miguel Artigas Azas etc), it's now in Metriclima. If the move is the result of work by Sven Kullander, then chances are that name is going to stick, because Kullander is regarded as the number one Cichlid taxonomist working today. However, I suspect the arguments over Cichlid taxonomy are likely to continue raging on long after you and I have gone the way of all mortal things, so even someone of the calibre of Kullander might not have the last word on the subject. However, for the time being, if the relocation to Metriaclima is courtesy of the hand of Kullander, I'd run with that.

EDIT : I just took a look at the Cichlid Room catalogue page on Metriaclima lombardoi, and the article they reference that first describes it is THE VERY SAME ARTICLE IN MY TFH BACK NUMBERS where I first found out about it! The article was written by Warren E. Burgess, whose provenance in the hobby needs NO introduction ...


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