Petrochromis sp.texas Longola

[Ancelin Sébastien]

I have just purchased of one trios of Petrochromis sp.texas red Longola, I would like to know or we find fish because I do not find it places thank you. Then as I said it to you to such an Arno, I look for and I read that Longola, is 70 km in the South of Moba, in waters off the city Lunangwa situated between colonies(summer camps) and Kamakonde Lupota.

[Ancelin Sébastien]

Then nobody know the answer?????? Or it places longola????

[cyatide]

Seb,

nice to meet you even here, on the other side of the ocean

Your informations are right, Longola is 70 Km South of Moba in South of the Congolese coast.

Check on E. Genevelle's web site ( http//:tanganyika.netliberte.org/index.html ) the article about O. ventralis of Congo (from Longola comes also a very nice Black/white and Yellow ventralis).



A pic of a mating pair taken just this evening

Paolo

[Ancelin Sébastien]

Please confirm me, that I thought then we do not find that in the peninsula of Ubwari in the North of the lake. But very close to this variety and for so so taken away(remote). Thank you Paolo

[cyatide]

I have never kept Petrochromis sp. "Texas Red Fin" Ubwari but judging from the many photos I have seen, this Petrochromis and P. sp. "Texsas Red Fin" Longola look similar but the shape of their head and snout is rather different and thus maybe they shouldn't be included in the same species.

The Texas petro from Ubwari has a shorter snout, like P. polyodon from the South of the lake or P. sp. "Texas" Bulu Point, while the Texas petro from Longola has a more elongated snout which remind me that of P. machrognathus or, even more, that of P. sp. "Macrognathus Rainbow" from the Kipili area.

Obviously this is only an idea which should be confirmed checking the morphometric data of many specimens!


Here is a pic of the head P. sp. "Texas" Bulu Point



and this is a Longola Texas Petrochromis, judge by yourself



Hope to read from someone else!

Cheers, Paolo Salvagiani

[Ancelin Sébastien]

Yes you are certainly right, when I voice(vote) photos I think as you but if one can have the other notices thank you.

[Mark Smith]

Paulo

Thanks for the clarification. I was not sure as to the relationship between Longola and Ubwari. Based upon your excellent photos, it seems as though they are two distinct species.

The genus Petrochromis is a difficult group to sort out species-wise, partly due to the few specimens there are to work with, the few ichthyologists who study them, and their difficulty in being collected.

[Frenchpetros]

I've got both species, Ubwari and red fin Longola.
They are very very similar and i refuse myself to put both species in the same tank.
In my tanks, Ubwari and Longola are much more aggressive than the Kasumbe Halembe (electric blue), my Longola male has ever butchered one female and the only surviving one is always hidden in the rocks...Hard life for females !

[Ancelin Sébastien]

Yes idem for me most aggressive Texas Longola then moshi after Kasumbe.
On the other hand can you put photograph so that one sees the difference between Ubwari and Longola thank you.