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cichfrk
10-14-2009, 10:15 PM
hi guys,

i would like to seek your expert opinion on my victorian. i was so excited when i saw this fish that i didn't bother to look or ask for the name. i was a cichlid newbie back then. please tell me what kind it is. i am attaching a picture, its color in the picture is when he is mellow. his colors are an explosion of red, yellows, black and green when he's excited. i am torn between haplochromis obliquedens and pundamilla nyerei(hope i spelled them right). i bought a pair but happened to be both males.

thanks,
ray
AlishanAS
10-15-2009, 12:26 AM
No picture attached.
cichfrk
10-15-2009, 03:04 AM
oops, sorry...here it is.:)
Chillout
10-15-2009, 03:52 AM
Looks like obliq...
AlishanAS
10-15-2009, 06:42 AM
From the Cichlid Forum profiles, it looks to be Haplochromis sp. "thick skin" aka Hap. sp. 44, Hap sp. Red Tail, obliquedens.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1546

A similar species Astatotilapia latifasciata, does not appear to have the red coloration in dorsal and caudal fins as the "thick skin".

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1556
emartin
10-15-2009, 07:15 AM
That's Astatotilapia sp. '44', commonly sold as Haplochromis obliquidens. Tom is right with the identification and profile link http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1546

Nice species though. Not rare at all but definitely colorful...

Here's a pic from Daves Fish:
http://www.safhl.net/davesfish/images/Astatotilapia%20sp%2044.jpg

Pundamilia nyererei look like this (not all locations but most do) when in breeding or dominant dress:
http://www.safhl.net/davesfish/images/Pundamilia%20nyererei%20West%20Mwanza.jpg
cichfrk
10-15-2009, 01:22 PM
Thanks for posting the links and the pictures. Based from the pictures itself, I'm convinced that what I have is just an obliq. Now, anybody got some females? (better post this in the wanted section). I appreciate the responses, guys!
emartin
10-15-2009, 03:24 PM
I think either Artie or mack74 breeds them. For some reason I am thinking that I saw one of them posted fry for sale...
cichfrk
10-15-2009, 05:47 PM
ed, thanks for the heads up.
mack74
10-15-2009, 08:06 PM
I have tons of them. I am on long island though
cichfrk
10-16-2009, 11:37 AM
i found this picture of pundamilla nyerei "anchor island" on dave's website. this fish looks identical to my fish when he's colored up...:confused2::coz::sigh:
emartin
10-16-2009, 02:21 PM
Can you take a photo of your fish when it is fully colored up?
mack74
10-17-2009, 10:43 PM
sp 44s can color 2 different ways here are 2 of mine. I find the darker ones are more rare. I get maybe one a batch.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/MACKNO7/IMG_0536.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/MACKNO7/IMG_8811.jpg
emartin
10-17-2009, 11:30 PM
NICE! I had no idea that can occur with sp. 44s. Just gives me more reason to go ahead and keep them again LOL.