African cichlid species?

[MbunaMike]

What is the guy?

 

[Malawi Freak]

Venustus

 

[MbunaMike]

Venustus

Is he a malawi mbuna ?

 

[Malawi Freak]

No, Malawi haplochromines.

 

[MbunaMike]

No, Malawi haplochromines.

**** LFS....he's going back

 

[Malawi Freak]

They are also known as jaguars. They get big.

 

[MbunaMike]

They are also known as jaguars. They get big.

How big?

 

[MbunaMike]

Nevermind I looked it up 10inch....he will be going back ASAP

 

[garfy]

Looks more like a Livingstoni to me

 

[MbunaMike]

Looks more like a Livingstoni to me

Yes it is I researched it now....they way it plays dead to eat is nice to see buy I'm a mbuna guy he has to go

 

[MbunaMike]

Typo......(but*)

 

[MbunaMike]

What about this guy? Black white spots

 

[Jess1ca]

What about this guy? Black white spots

Tropheous Duboisi

 

[MbunaMike]

Never again will I purchase from the LFS....I'm new to Africans

 

[Womble1234]

It's a livingstoni.. My venustus was different coloured to that when he was a juvi

 

[Malawi Freak]

The spot patterns are more like venustus.

 

[Womble1234]

The spot patterns are more like venustus.

Don't think so

 

[Mogurako]

It's a livingstoni.. My venustus was different coloured to that when he was a juvi

Correct it's a Livingstoni, a Venustus of that size would not be displaying that coloring.

The other fish is a Tropheous yes but a Duboisi hard to tell, since tropheous are all the black with white spots until they begin to mature.

 

[MbunaMike]

Correct it's a Livingstoni, a Venustus of that size would not be displaying that coloring.

The other fish is a Tropheous yes but a Duboisi hard to tell, since tropheous are all the black with white spots until they begin to mature.

And nether is of the mbuna species...as I specifically asked my LFS for....thanks for the info

 

[Big.Jon]

A pain when lfs doesn't know what their talking about. I don't know about others, but I have kept my one Hap (venustus) with my mbuna tank very happily she is second in command in my tank next to male Kenya. And yes yours looks like a livingstoni.