Can You IDENTIFY These Cichlids

[rustypleco]

hello everyone, i bought 3 cichlids over the weekend. however i have forgotten the names of them and want to do a bit more research on them, i will attach the pictures, if anyone can id them that would be great! thanks


the blue fish i know is pscudotropheus, but dont know what type? be is usually dark blue but sometimes goes a light baby blue.

 

[Ukdans1k]

The blue fish look like colbolt blue zebra. The fist pic I'm not sure of but looks similar to otopharnx lithabate. Either way I believe it to be Hal. Mog is the man to Ask not sure if his full name tho.

 

[Maxkolbe]

+1 that looks just like my cobalt zebra.

 

[Lady_Alia]

The second pic is a cobalt. Can you get a side pic of the third fish?

 

[rustypleco]

i think you might be right with that colbalt blue. i googled them and look just like them. picture 2 is the female and picture 3 is the male. here is a side on picture


also a picture of there teeth

 

[Lady_Alia]

I could be wrong but I don't think cobalts have that dark blue/black barring on the fins.

 

[Niki]

Try pindani for the one with the black tipped fins

 

[rustypleco]

so are they not a pair that are likly to breed?

 

[kay-bee19]

Mbuna's are genetically very closely related and are capable of cross-breeding and producing hybrid progeny (generally not recommended).

Even if the female were a cobalt blue zebra like the male, they would only be a "pair" in the numerical sense. Mbuna's are polygamous breeders and are well suited to 1 male per several females per species and do not 'pair up'. This gender ratio will also minimize the chance of cross breeding.