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Perryuk

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Can anyone tell me the name of this fish please

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Will get big 10-11" when full grown.They need a lot of space.Five foot tank at least.
A semi aggressive fish that will eat anything that fits in its mouth and at 10" long that's quite a selection of fish.
 
He/she does have more of a yellow face an tail an a whiter body than the pic shows
 
From what I can tell both above fish mentioned are similar as to size an requirements ???
 
An no I never thought it was a lab I have 3 of them an they even for me would be hard to confuse ;)
 
Nope livingstonii, you can tell by the shape and distance of the spots as well as a more blunt snout.

No, it's a Nimbochromis venustus. Way too much bright yellow on the body and the unpaired fins, the spots are too evenly spaced, and there are none of the markings in the caudal or dorsal fins typical to juvenile/young livingstonii. The spots in livingstonii are more irregular and more often connected than not, and the rostrum on a venustus is not typically blunter nor pointier than a livingstonii.

Nimbobochromis livingstonii:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1158

Nimbochromis venustus:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1160

WYite
 
Wyomingite said:
No, it's a Nimbochromis venustus. Way too much bright yellow on the body and the unpaired fins, the spots are too evenly spaced, and there are none of the markings in the caudal or dorsal fins typical to juvenile/young livingstonii. The spots in livingstonii are more irregular and more often connected than not, and the rostrum on a venustus is not typically blunter nor pointier than a livingstonii.

Nimbobochromis livingstonii:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1158

Nimbochromis venustus:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1160

WYite

Looking at unsexed juv pics im thinking venustus now , thanks for links
 
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