Can a peacock/ hap mate w mbuna?

[erikmoseley]

Hi all I have the blue guy in pic. He was sold as an assorted peacock. I'm not sure what he is. People have said ahli but I don't know. He's doing the shimmy dance A LOT! No females in there for him. 2 other male peacocks and a bunch of mbuna. Could he breed with them?

 

[91cichlid]

Yep they can ! Thats how the ob peacock came about. Ob zebra + peacock = ob peacock

 

[erikmoseley]

Ohhh!! Is this blue guy above my saulosi a peacock? He looks longer than my other ones

 

[Cecil2010]

It looks like an ahli. Which is a Hap. Which I believe falls in the peacock category

 

[Mogurako]

It looks like an ahli. Which is a Hap. Which I believe falls in the peacock category

Haps aka Utaka ( Free roaming hunters) are closely related to the Peacocks but are considered a separate group. The fish of lake Malawi can be divided up into three basic groups : Mbuna, Utaka "Haps" and endemic non-mbuna species ( Peacocks).

 

[Cecil2010]

Ahh I knew it was a hap just wasn't sure how it was laid out.