Correct Name

[limmer]

Hi,
I got this fish a while back and I bought it as Pseudotropheus Aurora.
Looking around it seems to have may different names.
Metriaclima Hajomaylandi - Chizumulu,
Metriaclima Aurora,
as well as Pseudotropheus Aurora.
What do you think the correct name is?
Thanks

[lionel]

Maylandia aurora probably likoma ?

[malawicarsten]

My guess is that it's aurora not hajomaylandi

Aurora:
http://www.malawicarsten.dk/test/default.asp?iID=GFMJKD
http://www.malawicarsten.dk/test/default.asp?iID=GFMKLE
Hajomaylandi:
http://www.malawicarsten.dk/test/default.asp?iID=GGFFFG

[Lisachromis]

Pseudotropheus has been restricted to a few species (I can't recall them offhand). The others that used to be in Pseudotropheus that were moved out are Metriaclima or Maylandia depending on what line of thinking you follow.

[limmer]

So is it a Maylandia aurora likoma or Metriaclima aurora?
I had originally bought it as Pseudotropheus Aurora.
I assume it is one of the ones moved from Pseudotropheus.
Where would I find info on this move?
Thanks.

[Lisachromis]

Well, this has been debated in great detail here - viewtopic.php?f=17&t=194

http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=355

Going on the list in the CRC database, this is what is left in Pseudotropheus: (note, aurora is not in the list)

Pseudotropheus ater
Pseudotropheus benetos
Pseudotropheus crabro
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos
Pseudotropheus cyaneus
Pseudotropheus demasoni
Pseudotropheus elegans
Pseudotropheus elongatus
Pseudotropheus fuscus
Pseudotropheus galanos
Pseudotropheus heteropictus
Pseudotropheus interruptus
Pseudotropheus johannii
Pseudotropheus livingstonii
Pseudotropheus longior
Pseudotropheus minutus
Pseudotropheus perileucos
Pseudotropheus perspicax
Pseudotropheus purpuratus
Pseudotropheus saulosi
Pseudotropheus socolofi
Pseudotropheus sp. 'acei'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'aggressive brown'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'aggressive grey'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'aggressive yellow fin'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'aggressive zebra likoma'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'aggressive zebra mbenji'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'burrower'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'crabro blue'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'dwarf nkhata'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus aggressive'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus brown'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus kirondo'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus makonde'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus masimbwe'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus mbenji brown'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus mozambique'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus mpanga'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus nkhata blue'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus nkhata brown'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus ornatus tanzania'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus ornatus'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus ruarwe'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus slab'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus spot'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'elongatus thumbi'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'fuscus dwarf'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'kingsizei tumbi'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'minutus mozambique'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'minutus tanzania'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'ndumbi gold'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'perspicax hara'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'perspicax likoma'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'perspicax orange cap'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'perspicax tanzania'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'perspicax yellow breast'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'polit tumbi'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'polit'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'sand cobalt'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'socolofi nkolongwe'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'thin stripe'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'three peaks'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'tiny'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'tursiops mbenji'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'variable eastern'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'variable kande'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'variable mozambique'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'williamsi makanjila'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'williamsi maleri'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'williamsi nkhudzi'
Pseudotropheus sp. 'williamsi north'
Pseudotropheus tursiops
Pseudotropheus williamsi (type species for Pseudotropheus)

Still seems like a lot of fish to me!

[vman]

Metriaclima aurora