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http://www.flickr.com/photos/22136914@N06/2634115834/
this is a photo take from MR.Ajith Roberts link... i need to know the name of this fish as well as sexual dimorphism between the males and females of this type of cichlid...thank you for your replies.. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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Looks like an mbuna crossed with a Labidochromis.
The fish in the picture is a male. Females will not have this many egg spots on the anal fin. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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are they hybrids? moreover how to differentiate between Maylandia zebra "Makonde" and Pseudotropheus demasoni? I live in chennai and which is the fish with the higher probability of being available in fish stores here in Kolathur....? seems to be a lot of confusion in naming and sexual dimorphism of the cichlids available here...
thanks mr.rahul for your answers....  |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:23 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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P. demasoni has stripes all the way down to the tail, in Maylandia the stripes start fading out midway down the dorsal fin. There are other differences, such as body shape and colour, but you have to compare the fish in person to make those out.
The fish in the OP is at least 50% M. zebra, which is the fish you are most likely to find here. Forget regional variants, what you get here is an aquarium strain  |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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Both are pretty different esp with regards to the color of dorsal fin. I have no idea about 'Makonde' though.
Most of the mbunas you see in Kolathur are hybrids. Shankar used to have demasoni. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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then there is no obsolete way of identifying the strains found here....hmmm... as far as hybrids goes what is the probability that most of the brood will be male or females? because i am running in and out or shops in kolathur with no definitive confirmation about the sexual dimorphism in these hybrids..even the jewel cichlid seems to be very difficult to sex...! i wish to have a breeding pair of any of these varieties ...
thanks mr.beta and mr.rahul for your informative response...! |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:32 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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| by the way has mr.shamkar given away those P.demasoni ? |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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| sorry once again..what is the name of the fish in mr.trevor's display image? there seems to be a lot fish like that in the LFS' here... |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:41 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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Dear Natbox
I think its a juvenile Albino Metriaclima Greshki. I ve several juveniles looks alike.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:43 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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heck they all look the same ..near or far...i have never broken my head over my planted tank but this cichlid tank is making me go mad
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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You cannot keep Mbunas in pairs. They need to be kept in groups preferably with fewer males and more females.
Shankar doesn't have the demasoni. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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| more like a harem i guess..pretty rascals these little fellas ..they need a harem.. Mr.beta can you tell me where to start with these guys ..i mean which one will be suited for me as a beginner regarding cichlids ?i wish to have mouth brooders.... |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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| The one in the avatar is a juvenile Maylandia/Metriaclima lombardoi and not Maylandia greshakei. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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juveniles look totally different from the adults? the adult looks yellow in color...and the juvenile looks like a completely different species altogether...  |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: Re: can anyone ID this cichlid? |
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The picture from Ajith Roberts is not a hybrid, its a slightly different color morph of Metriaclima/pseudutropheus Estherae. They also come in blue, bright orange, red and blotched forms.
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sorry once again..what is the name of the fish in mr.trevor's display image? there seems to be a lot fish like that in the LFS' here...
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That is juvenile pseudotropheus lombardoi, most common mbuna available(blue morph, local name). |
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