Name this Cichlid
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So I'm not entirly sure (as in not at all) but if I *had* to make a guess from that pic only... Some species of Copadichromis or Protomelas??? Sorry I can't help more than that. Could you get a brighter pic than that one?
Maybe try www.fishbase.org and do a search for those genus names. Might find something!
Chris
Maybe try www.fishbase.org and do a search for those genus names. Might find something!
Chris
So the Haplochromis "super" genus got broken up YEARS ago. It might be a Haplochromine but I don't think it's a Haplochromis.
The "Blue Peacock"... seems as good as any other common name. It's blue and resembles a peacock (Aulonocara genus) lol. There in lies the problem with common names. Any number of blue fish that has that basic body shape *could* be called a Blue Peacock.
Great example, if I said Velvet Cichlid how many people would know what I'm talking about? Probably not many... but I'm told there are some in the deep south and europe that would. If I said Peacock cichlid in referance to the same fish even fewer would know because that common name hasn't been used for decades to my knowledge. BUT old books (library perhaps) could have that listed, instantly everyone thinks of Lake Malawi Aulonocara spp. with that name though. With either of those, if you do a search you'll get a bunch of different results than the fish I'm refering to. On the other hand if I were to say Astronotus ocellatus, everyone who knows the scientific name instantly gets it. Those that don't know it can easily do a search and get good results.
anyone know what fish THAT is? no cheating lol.
Chris
The "Blue Peacock"... seems as good as any other common name
. It's blue and resembles a peacock (Aulonocara genus) lol. There in lies the problem with common names. Any number of blue fish that has that basic body shape *could* be called a Blue Peacock. Great example, if I said Velvet Cichlid how many people would know what I'm talking about? Probably not many... but I'm told there are some in the deep south and europe that would. If I said Peacock cichlid in referance to the same fish even fewer would know because that common name hasn't been used for decades to my knowledge. BUT old books (library perhaps) could have that listed, instantly everyone thinks of Lake Malawi Aulonocara spp. with that name though. With either of those, if you do a search you'll get a bunch of different results than the fish I'm refering to. On the other hand if I were to say Astronotus ocellatus, everyone who knows the scientific name instantly gets it. Those that don't know it can easily do a search and get good results.
anyone know what fish THAT is? no cheating lol. Chris