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mbuna id
need help iding this mbuna, hes about 3.5 in. hes usualy all blue but occasionaly shows bars, also he has a yellow tint in his pelvic fins, thanks!
moka- Posts : 26
Join date : 2010-01-23
Age : 40
Location : Maryland USA
Re: mbuna id
Maybe a blue male Metriaclima estherae, I don't think the M. callainos get the barring.
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Location : Henderson co., NC
Re: mbuna id
I still think hybrid zebra/kenyi
vman- Posts : 355
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Age : 65
Location : Columbia,TN
Re: mbuna id
Could be a Metriaclima chrysomallos. If they are available in the US.
http://www.ciklid.org/artregister/artreg_visa_art.php?ID=1681
http://www.ciklid.org/artregister/artreg_visa_art.php?ID=1681
theswede- Posts : 2120
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Age : 55
Location : Timrå, Sweden
Re: mbuna id
thanks everyone, ive seen chrysomallos in malawi cichlids in their natrual habitat book and they do look very similar, the only problem is the place i got this guy from doesnt sell chrysomallos, they claim ita a m. lombardoi
moka- Posts : 26
Join date : 2010-01-23
Age : 40
Location : Maryland USA
Re: mbuna id
I am leaning towards this fish as being a hybrid,based on the amount of stripping (too many) and the stipes are not "crisp" as what is usually observed in the wild (Both males or female). I have obsered these types of "Kenyi" come in from the far east loooking like this. Although they look decent to the majority of cichlid keepers, I would not want to use them as breeding stock.
Over the last several years of importing wild fish (and M.lombardoi) I have brought in a lot of these fish to my area and they have been a real hit!
With regards to it being a M.Chrysomalos,well I would not personaly bring in that plain blue fish color variety (which come from Gome Rocks) as it would be just another blue fish,,,the other area's north and south of Gome provide a much nicer multiy colored fish with accents of Black or yellow.
Metriclima lombardoi at Mbenji Islands
Hope this helps.
Cheers,Larry
Over the last several years of importing wild fish (and M.lombardoi) I have brought in a lot of these fish to my area and they have been a real hit!
With regards to it being a M.Chrysomalos,well I would not personaly bring in that plain blue fish color variety (which come from Gome Rocks) as it would be just another blue fish,,,the other area's north and south of Gome provide a much nicer multiy colored fish with accents of Black or yellow.
Metriclima lombardoi at Mbenji Islands
Hope this helps.
Cheers,Larry
Re: mbuna id
thank you Larry, i appreciate you taking the time to look at him for me, now i got to find someone that wants him because i got rid of my kenyis about a month ago, i kept this one cuss i thought he might have been something else, oh well
moka- Posts : 26
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