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| Posted | COULD SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS CICHLID |
| 03-11-2006 12:40 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
HIYA
COULD SOMEONE IDENTIFY THIS CICHLID I HAVE A ROUGH IDEA WHAT IT IS BUT I JUST WANT TO CHECK |
| 03-11-2006 12:44 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
HERE HE IS
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| 03-11-2006 12:51 by PaddyD |
Looks like a Pseudotropheus (Metriclima) Greyshaki to me.
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| 03-11-2006 13:01 by Ray |
recon your right PaddyD,or poss Hongi red top,seems to have a long head shape |
| 03-11-2006 13:07 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
I THOUGHT IT WAS A RED TOP HONGI |
| 03-11-2006 13:18 by PaddyD |
Possibly hongi, but the body seems a bit long for the hongi.
Matthew, how big is the fish, Most hongi top out at about 3" and males have quite a 'full' head at this size. While greyshakei do get to 5" on average. Yours looks like a young fish to me, so if it is 3" or so it probably is not a hongi. Compare these two photos: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/photos/art_lab_hongi_01.jpg http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquarium/greshakei02x.jpg |
| 03-11-2006 13:26 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
Hiya paddy neither of the pics look like it it has more of an orangy body it is still young and is about 4in long |
| 03-11-2006 13:34 by PaddyD |
Well, that rules out Hongi to me.
Greyshakei is very variable though, have a look on the web for more. The other posibility is a variety of red top zebra. But there are lots of these, some could have all sorts in their genetic mix so its not a rock hard identification. Again do a google seach - but most have very strong verical banding. |
| 03-11-2006 13:50 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
thanks for your help paddy |
| 03-11-2006 14:32 by keith t |
would you believe it i just bought six of these, today.
Red ice top zebra, something like that anyway, im rubbish with names  |
| 03-11-2006 14:53 by RyanR |
Greshaki, for definate!
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| 03-11-2006 15:27 by PaddyD |
Yup Ice blue zebra and red top sebra are trade names. Lovely fish but can be large (up to 7" is not unknown). |
| 03-11-2006 15:43 by richard hulley |
it may be a Greshaki but have you noticed how prominant the vertical bars are on its body, the bars on Greshaki tends to be virtually non existant on the young. i think another picture of a side view would narrow this down. |
| 03-11-2006 15:51 by RyanR |
I've kept malawi cichlids for years, the mouth gives it away, poor breads of greshaki will show very little bars, this is a cracker and 100% Psuedtrhphius greshaki, i'll put my balls on it! |
| 03-11-2006 15:53 by Ray |
I think some better photos would help,but got to be honest when I first saw the pic hybrid sprang to mind,there are a lot of these around,it would help if the parents were known.I keep both species and looking at them now, neither really match the pic. |
| 03-11-2006 16:18 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
 trying to get him to stay still is hard
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| 03-11-2006 16:18 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
he is the male and i have a female that is similar |
| 03-11-2006 16:27 by Ray |
It is not a Hongi,so would go for Greshakei,the only other species that I can think of that looks similar is Mbenjii,but they are not seen very often |
| 03-11-2006 16:36 by keith t |
Ryan - i'll put my balls on it!
that means nothing mate, you put your balls on-in anything, |
| 03-11-2006 16:48 by MATTHEW FLETCH |
so I take its a Pseudotropheus (Metriclima) Greyshaki I just wanted to know as Im thinking of getting fit of the pair Ive already had one lot of fry from them |
| 03-11-2006 17:46 by Ray |
from the second photo think paddy was right |
| 03-11-2006 19:29 by richard hulley |
Metriaclima greshakei Ice Blue
Nice fish |
| 03-11-2006 19:34 by paul stevens |
Its a blue and orange cichlid... |
| 04-11-2006 18:53 by tank busters |
i have 2 i think they are blue dolphins |
| 04-11-2006 18:54 by tank busters |
thanks now i know |
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