Is this a P. Bleekeri? (Whit nice pics)

[Endymion]

This fish is 27 cm and has weight of 500 g and is a male.... and very aggressive

[Michael.NEGRINI]

Hello,

do you know the origin of this fish ?

As you are in Europe, it could be Paratilapia sp. Andapa : body shape, large spots and yellowish margin on the dorsal fin seems to match with this species.
http://madagroup.francecichlid.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=81

Identification of Paratilapia is often difficult, as different species were mixed years ago. If you know where your fish is from, it will help a lot.

Paratilapia bleekeri from surroundings of Antananarivo is presumed extinct, but maybe some populations still exist in the wild.
A Paratilapia, sold by Old World Exotic Fish as "Paratilapia bleekeri Maralambo" (Marolambo, Nosilovo River) may correspond to this species.

[Endymion]

I live in Sweden but I think the fish comes from Old World Exotic Fish, but im not sure.

[tezr]

Here is a pic of 2 of mine that were purchased as P. sp. Marolambo


they are species aggressive but both are still small at around 4".
edit: I just clicked on the link provided in the 2nd post and the Juvie pic was taken by the person I got mine from.....

[fishwolfe]

beautiful fish.i have a large female and am looking for a male,but they are hard to find by me.was he trying to eat the snail or just playing with it?

[Paulo José Alves]

Hi Michael

I don´t think they are Andapa, I had them and they had bigger markings than this fish. They do seem to fit the P. bleekeri look with markings instead of spots like P. polleni has. However the taxonomy of this group is not clear at all and there aren´t still any definite classifications acceptedby all.

[Philippe Burnel]

For the time beeing it's absolutly not sure that there is any P. blekeeri alive in the world !

From P. de Rham I learn that the type population of P. typus has been found by P. Loiselle in Menarara. This species is a large blotched Paratilapîa sp.
Maybe conspecific with P. "Andapa" (personnal point of view)