Tryin ID for my malawian cichlids

[leon]

Hi
Can somebody help me with my cichlids ID.Sellers dont known exactly what it is.
I checked tousends of pictures and for me looks like Aulonocara,but i dont known
witch one,becouse is too many of them.
I asked Pam before and She told me that cichlid looks more like some type
of Protomelas Taeniolatus,and again i checked many pics and for me looks difrent.
Now i totally dont known.


Sorry for my language,but anglish is not my native.



Thanks!!!!

[Lisachromis]

Some good pics for people to help ID him.

[leon]

I dont understand,pictures whitch i uploaded are in bad quality and people need better for recognise my cichlid?
I have only one male and one female.
Maybe my subiect title is wrong,becouse i put ''cichlids'' there?

[leon]

Can anybody help me recognise my cichlid

[Lisachromis]

Sometimes we just have to wait for the right person to log in. It may be that there's so many choices, it's hard to narrow it down without being somewhat of an expert.

[RickW]

I have a similiar cichlid i tried to get an ID for... One thing i can tell you is that its deffinately not a protomelus taenotolis...I would guess your fish is a fryerei... One difference in mine and yours is, yours is lighter blue with more white on the top fin. if you look a few posts down you can see my post where the fish was given to me as a protomelus taenotolis species also. Your pictures are alot better than mine.
Search some pictures of fryerei and compare them.
Hope this helps a little bit.

[Mark Smith]

It appears to be a hybrid with a Sciaenochromis fryeri and something else? possibly a Copadichromis species??

[emartin]

Looks like a hybrid to me. Maybe a Copadichromis or Placidochromis species and Fryeri...

[leon]

Hi

I have some pictures of my female

[leon]

For me looks more like Aulonocara Stuartgranti.

[Mark Smith]

Definitely not A. stuartgranti. Take a look at A. Stuartgranti on this site and you will be able to see the difference.

Your fish is a hybrid. Do you know who sold you these fish? Perhaps they can take them back and exchange an actual, valid species for you to work with?

[leon]

On tank with this Cichlids sellers has signature "Cichlids from Malawi Lake" and he know nothing else.

[leon]

And my female is hybrid too or proper fish.

[Mark Smith]

Hi Leon

Yes, the female is a hybrid, and appears to be of the same hybrid combination as the male.

[leon]

Thank you for Everybody!!!!

[paragshah]

There are also larger edible fish such as mpasa (lake salmon), vundu (catfish) and tilapia (breem). More than 500 have been recorded but it is thought there could be 1,000 different species in Lake malawi africa.

[Esben]

I also think they are hybrids

You can see Aulonocara stuartgranti cobwe here: http://www.wildcichlids.com/Species/Aul ... we-13.aspx

Esben

[Esben]

And Sciaenochromis fryeri "Namalenje" here: http://www.wildcichlids.com/Species/Sci ... e-242.aspx

[musicman]

Looks like a possible copadichromis borleyi hybrid, just a guess

[alanastar]

May have a bit of Dimidiochromis strigatus crossed with Ahli ???