possibly a challenge for all the cichlid lovers out there

[exhumed07]

ok I was wanting to know the latin names and lakes where all my cichlids come from. lets get ur brains a going lol
1.peter davis peackock
2.purple mangano
3.blue dolphin
4.yellow labs

 

[cinlnk]

Yellow Lab - Labidochromis caeruleus from Lake Malawi

Blue Dolphin - Cyrtocara moorii (usually sold as "Haplochromis moorii") from Lake Malawi

Purple Mangano..correct spelling is Maingano...Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos, Maravichromis johanni or possibly a Pelvicachromis pulcher (Kribensis) from Lake Malawi

Peter Davis Peacock? No such thing, but read this article

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a_cobue.php


Hope this helps!!!

 

[exhumed07]

my lfs selles them as peter davis peacocks so I'll try to find out what it is

 

[Kephren01]

haha. one of my lfs's does that too, with the goofy names. You should post a pic of peter, someone will know it.

 

[exhumed07]

I'll have lonewolfblue post the pic for me. for some reason the site won't ever let me post them myself.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Here's the pic.....

 

[exhumed07]

I know it isn't the clearest pic but it does show all the colors he has. I would love to know what he is since I been calling him a peter davis for about 10 months now.

 

[JWright]

Did you read the link cinInk posted? Pretty much answers your question...

It's possible (only because that pic is so washed out) that it's Aulonocara nyassae, commonly called a "Blue Peacock" (it's also the fact that the LFS called it a "Peacock" that makes me consider it as a possibility). Is the ventral section really that gold?

~JW

 

[exhumed07]

it does have alot of gold I'll try to get a better pic up later tonight

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Here's the pics you wanted me to post....

 

[exhumed07]

ok with the new pics does anyone know what peacock this is?

 

[straitjacket]

It's possible (only because that pic is so washed out) that it's Aulonocara nyassae, commonly called a "Blue Peacock"

Aulonocara nyassae are extremely rare to non-existent in the hobby as far as I know.
The name Peter Davis did ring a bell for me. Unfortunately the fish I recognized the name from, Alticorpus peterdaviesi, is not your fish.
It is possible that your fish is a varient of A. stuartgranti, as there are several. It's also possible that your fish is a hybrid between several Aulonocara species.

 

[exhumed07]

so no definite proof of what kind it is huh. kinda discuraging lol

 

[straitjacket]

so no definite proof of what kind it is huh. kinda discuraging lol

It is. When you dig really deep into the whole identification of many of the common malawi cichlids it gets very discouraging. Much of what we think we have is often not or may not be what we think it is. Even "pure" species. And to make it even more discouraging a wild fish does not exactly = "pure" fish either in some cases.

 

[exhumed07]

ok so if u had to say anything what would u say it might be and a common name if u can think of one.

 

[Lotus]

I'm thinking what the seller said was Peter Davies peacock: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/a_cobue.php

Whether that's what you've got or not is another question

 

[exhumed07]

well I'm thinking what straitjacket said with being a hybrid and alot of hybrids being out there that maybe my lfs just found it eisier to just lable it as a peter davis.

 

[straitjacket]

Well, it does look like a stuartgranti type but not having any other clues as to the variety it's hard to say for sure what variation it is or even if it's pure.
IMO it resembles A. stuartgranti "Blue Neon" most. There are several "blue neons" from different locations in the lake however.

 

[Lotus]

Well, Peter Davies was collecting in the early 1970s, so I doubt this is one of the original ones he imported

 

[exhumed07]

ok thanks for all the help. I apreciat it.