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What are these?

Postby sidguppy » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:25 pm

Someone I know has these fishes, bought as "Ophtalmotilapia ventralis Orange Cap"

well, they're supposed to be youngsters -the size of the Tanganicodus is an indicator- but they don't look like any Orange Cap I ever saw
they even don't look like Ophtalmotilapia to me.....but my hunch is some variety of Aulonocranus dewindti?
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can one of you experts shine a light on this one, plz?
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Re: What are these?

Postby mk_ultra » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:51 pm

100% A. dewendti. I've kept Ikolas. they tend to show a lot of yellow.
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Re: What are these?

Postby Thomas Andersen » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:17 am

Yes, Aulonocranus dewindti for sure. Interesting fish, I just got some from Rumonge, Burundi.

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