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the tank at the LFS said lab,caeruleus.i have three and they all look like yellow labs minus the black dorsal fin highlights.hybrid? the color is real yellow(photoshop only to crop).i hope i have a male.labs bread more then rabbits.check out the other two if they are not caeruleus please let me know.steve
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naw my yellow labs have egg spots...
I think my wild ones even had egg spots
the first pic looked odd because the fish had Red eye. the subsequent pics look like L. Caeruelus to me.
as a side rant. feel free to ignore. - L. caeruelus in the hobby are probably the most inbred, far from wild fish in African cichlid history. there was only a select few wild breeders in Florida farms years ago and since then they have all been inbred countless times. (pers. comm. a Florida fish farmer, Ad Konings, and members of the CRLCA)
if the hobbyists want to clean up L. Caeruleus we can do our part by importing WILD yellow labidochromis from Stuart Grant or the CRLCA
I think my wild ones even had egg spots
the first pic looked odd because the fish had Red eye. the subsequent pics look like L. Caeruelus to me.
as a side rant. feel free to ignore. - L. caeruelus in the hobby are probably the most inbred, far from wild fish in African cichlid history. there was only a select few wild breeders in Florida farms years ago and since then they have all been inbred countless times. (pers. comm. a Florida fish farmer, Ad Konings, and members of the CRLCA)
if the hobbyists want to clean up L. Caeruleus we can do our part by importing WILD yellow labidochromis from Stuart Grant or the CRLCA
Art...the reason they're so inbred is because they were so _rare_ in the wild. In 30 years of surveying, only half a dozen pairs were found. Of that, 2 were taken and bred. Some were returned to the wild, some were sold into the hobby. L. caeruelus is _extremely_ rare in the wild (bright yellow fish don't avoid predators well...)
I've never seen an L. caeruelus _that_ yellow without any black trim on the fins...but the body shape is right. I guess it looks more like a caeruelus than anything else....
I've never seen an L. caeruelus _that_ yellow without any black trim on the fins...but the body shape is right. I guess it looks more like a caeruelus than anything else....
no unfortunately I learned my lesson with that. I imported 3M/1F in 2002 they all died with 6 months. I have photgraphs though for the memories and wild yellow labs are NOT what you'd expect colour wise.
the fish cost a small fortune. Anyone can get them from the CRLCA but they are a special order. There are some folks down near Toronto who have wild or F1 yellow labidochromis from the same source, I am not sure if they are having the same sort of success I did (I hope not).
There are plenty of Yellow Labs in the wild they are just hard to catch (pers. comm. Larry Johnson CRLCA Safari participant Northern Lake Malawi October 2003)
the fish cost a small fortune. Anyone can get them from the CRLCA but they are a special order. There are some folks down near Toronto who have wild or F1 yellow labidochromis from the same source, I am not sure if they are having the same sort of success I did (I hope not).
There are plenty of Yellow Labs in the wild they are just hard to catch (pers. comm. Larry Johnson CRLCA Safari participant Northern Lake Malawi October 2003)