Fish ID please.

[sammbaxter]

My cousin just bought a cichlid and she thinks it's a Kenyi and I thought it might be a bumble bee but we're not so sure, so help would be appreciated!

 

[TheCoolFish]

It's a female Lombardoi Kenyi cichlid. Yea you were right kenyi cichlids have vertical strips

 

[sammbaxter]

Thanks so much! Question though, how can you tell it's a female?

 

[TheCoolFish]

Well for the most of that kind males are yellow and females are white so for now it is a female

 

[sammbaxter]

Ohh I see. Thanks so much!

 

[snowman17]

That's not a kenyi not even a mbuna. Female kenyi are blue and males turn yellow with maturity

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[TheCoolFish]

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...4HgAg&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CCoQMygNMA0

This is the fish I named

 

[mikem691]

That's not a kenyi not even a mbuna. Female kenyi are blue and males turn yellow with maturity

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Op this is correct. I'm not sure what that is tho. May be a hybrid.

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[TheCoolFish]

It's got to be a hybrid I didn't look a it close enough

 

[Freakgecko91]

Looks more like a female Victorian of some sort based on the head and body shape, plus the coloring


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[gilpi]

Not a Kenyi, looks more like some type of hap?


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[sammbaxter]

She bought it from Walmart not knowing what a cichlid was and she had it along with a livingstonii in a ten gallon until this guy killed the livingstonii. So she went out and bought a much bigger tank this week to suit the little guys needs. But if it is a hybrid it wouldn't surprise me since it's from Walmart.... But she wants to add more fish to the tank in the future so what might you guys recommend? Other haps or mbunas?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

It's actually nothing that anyone has said yet. It is from lake Kyoga by the name of Astatotilapia latifasciata. By the looks of it I'd say it's a female.

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[sammbaxter]

here's another picture...it's kind of pixelated but the coloring shows a little better.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

How big is it

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[Andrew McFadden]

This should help some

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1556

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[sammbaxter]

It's still a juvenile, maybe only 2 inches. And that article seems about right. The anal fin is turning a yellow golden color at the moment just like in the photos.

 

[snowman17]

I agree with Andrew I've seen this fish before can't think of its name. It should get pretty colorful if it's a male

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[Andrew McFadden]

It's still a juvenile, maybe only 2 inches. And that article seems about right. The anal fin is turning a yellow golden color at the moment just like in the photos.

It will need to grow at least another half inch to really know for sure if it's male or female

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[sammbaxter]

Awesome, thanks guys. If she were to add more stock to the tank, what would you guys recommend?