Sunshine Peacock vs German Red Peacock??

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Karmachica

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Hey everyone, I need some help once again :) I first joined AA for the purpose of finding out what kind of cichlids I had rescued from someone. I have 3 cichlids and they were all identified as sunshine peacocks- aulonocara baenschi - idk if I spelled that right- I have 1 male and 2 females.

I've now become quite obsessed with learning and researching about cichlids and while looking up a few things all if a sudden I came across... The German Red peacock. The male pictures of the German red look more like my male due to his "orange" color vs. yellow in the sunshine peacock. I didn't see any pictures for females though.

I read about the German Reds not being a hybrid and how they are just specifically bread with sunshine peacocks showing more reddish tones...
So now my question is- Are German Reds still technically Sunshine Peacocks?
Scientific different name/breed?
Help identify my male?
Are my females still aulonocara baenschi?
When the male and females breed- are the fry considered hybrids?

I know the benga peacocks are on the cares list which is another reason I'd like to know

Here are pics of my male


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Here are my females


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Any replies on any of my questions would be super greatly appreciated! :)
 
Also, this is the profile pic I came across that made me question this in the first place


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And this is the profile info for what I still believe my females are


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I thought I'd add these 2 pics in quick so you can see what I've been going off of and maybe saves time for anyone who is willing to help me?
 
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