Name that African

[Fishyfanatic]

I have been through every Hap and Peacock profile on cichlid-forum and I can not positively ID this fish. I've found characteristics that are similar, but none that are a dead on match. I've also found MANY fish that I would love to keep. Can anyone help me ID this guy?

I'm sorry for the poor picture quality. This was taken during a pwc next to an airstone. That's why all the lines are on the pic. I'm looking for an ID on the one in the center. Obviously the others are a Lab and Cobalt. Thanks!

 

[Zagz]

I'll do some digging too, but he does look like a combo of a peacock and a hap. Very interesting looking guy.

 

[JDogg]

Protomelas sp. tangerine tiger ?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Do you have a link JDogg? I just tried a quick search and the one I found doesn't have the bold coloration like mine and the blueness to the top fin.

::edit:: I just found another pic. That's EXACTLY what it is. I can't believe Cichlid Forum and Malawi Mayhem neither one had this one profiled. Thanks a million! I have been searching for days now.

 

[JDogg]

Do you have a link JDogg? I just tried a quick search and the one I found doesn't have the bold coloration like mine and the blueness to the top fin.

::edit:: I just found another pic. That's EXACTLY what it is. I can't believe Cichlid Forum and Malawi Mayhem neither one had this one profiled. Thanks a million! I have been searching for days now.

i knew i saw a fish like that before... i saw him on a post on my local fish club's forum HERE

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Excellent! Thank you!

 

[Zagz]

Good job!

 

[O ALX O]

::edit:: I just found another pic. That's EXACTLY what it is. I can't believe Cichlid Forum and Malawi Mayhem neither one had this one profiled. Thanks a million! I have been searching for days now.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1365

 

[Fishyfanatic]

::edit:: I just found another pic. That's EXACTLY what it is. I can't believe Cichlid Forum and Malawi Mayhem neither one had this one profiled. Thanks a million! I have been searching for days now.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1365

Doesn't look like that one. Mine has more greenish/brown than teal. That pic is misleading since it doesn't show what most of them look like. No wonder I couldn't find it.

 

[JDogg]

::edit:: I just found another pic. That's EXACTLY what it is. I can't believe Cichlid Forum and Malawi Mayhem neither one had this one profiled. Thanks a million! I have been searching for days now.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1365

Doesn't look like that one. Mine has more greenish/brown than teal. That pic is misleading since it doesn't show what most of them look like. No wonder I couldn't find it.

according to that link they are the same species as a red empress, so i am guessing that species comes in many different colorations

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Yes, that is one thing about Africans. The coloration is very misleading sometimes. I just wish they had a pic that resembled mine in the profile. I looked at every single sub picture on every hap and peacock listed on that site. For some that looked similar I would cross reference to another site. It's been a LONG couple of days. This is great that I now know for certain what he is. He has been breeding like crazy with the female (those are impossible to determine the specie, I just know that they are the same because they came from the same breeding tank from the breeder). You guys are wonderful!

 

[DeFeKt]

dogfoodiochromis poofishious?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

dogfoodiochromis poofishious?

It got to the point where THAT would have been an option.

 

[Zagz]

Rofl. Too true that africans can have many color variations. Always nice to have people that have seen the fish before.

 

[Big Ben]

this is exactly why i didnt get africans. theres so many dif types and dif categories of them. so much to kno about which ones can go with which. i regret it somewiaht tho because i htink their someof the nicest looking fish u can keep. one day in the future i will start a 3rd tank and it will be a pure african dedicated tank. onething i def beleive to be true, cichlids r the best fish to keep, whether it be africans or sa's or new worlds or dwarfs...or any other type.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Africans are excellent fish. It's just that the lfs had them listed as one name and even had a picture with it so I just assumed it was correct. Mbuna are easier to ID since their coloration does not vary as much as Haps and Peacocks.