Help identifying an african cichlid

[Slivers]

Sorry for the cloudy water, I recently completed a water change. I bought this at the local fish store recently. They werent sure what it was but they thought it was a Hap of some sort.

Video from My Phone - YouTube

 

[Mogurako]

It's hard to say can you get some close up still shots?!

 

[Maxkolbe]

It's hard to say since you can't really see the color but I'm leaning toward some kind of peacock based on the body shape, stripes, and white topped dorsal fin. Hopefully someone else will pitch in with a better ID.

 

[HUKIT]

What's on his mouth, is that irritation from liplocking?

 

[Mogurako]

What's on his mouth, is that irritation from liplocking?

Looked like a worm to me.

 

[HUKIT]

Looked like a worm to me.

Forgive me I'm on my iPad but what kind of fish sits there with worm dangling out of his mouth?

 

[Slivers]

What's on his mouth, is that irritation from liplocking?

I'm not sure. I noticed it when I got him home from the pet shop. It looks like he scraped his chin (do fish have chins?) against something.

 

[Cecil2010]

Some still pictures would be your best bet in him getting Identified

 

[Joostrom]

I would also like some identifying some cichlids

 

[garfy]

Second picture is an Auratus

 

[missie]

Second picture is an Auratus

I agree with this! I have an Auratus as well!

 

[Cecil2010]

First and last are johannis and I agree with the posts above for the second one. I also have 2 of them!

 

[Joostrom]

How do I find out if either johannii is a female

 

[Cecil2010]

As they become mature the males start to turn blue on black while the female stay yellow. They are all yellow as fry.

 

[Joostrom]

So then I have two males?

 

[Maxkolbe]

Third picture kind of looks like a cobalt zebra.

 

[TheGrza]

As they become mature the males start to turn blue on black while the female stay yellow. They are all yellow as fry.

I don't know if those females turn yellow. Looks like johanni maingano. Sexually monomorphic.

 

[Cecil2010]

Yes it seems so

 

[Cecil2010]

Sorry for the confusion. But it could also be Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos where the females have lighter color bellies and shorter pelvic fins.

 

[kay-bee19]

Sorry for the confusion. But it could also be Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos...

Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos=Maingano=Electric Blue Johanni. Same fish, multiple names (such as the recent realignment to the pseudotropheus genus).