Wild Caught Copadichromis Borleyi Crocodile Rock

[ChrisG12887]

got a pair of these from Atlantis last week and i just love em! this is the only good pic i got of him but will be posting more of this guy!


http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/BxNuMbA1LaTiNoPa/GEDC0306.jpg

[Afreakin]

Sweet Fish! Are you going there with ECC?

[ChrisG12887]

thnx! hmmm i would love to go but dont have a car, i wud catch a ride w/ someone depending on how much $$ i have sooo we will see......

[AlishanAS]

Crocodile Rock eh...

I remember when rock was young...........

[Artie]

Crocodile Rock eh...

I remember when rock was young...........

you're so old you remember Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire when they were teenagers !!!!!!!!!!!!! :dorky:

[fischfan13]

Artie used the "quote" key!!!

BTW, Chris, really nice Borleyi!

[EMTBMIKE]

Hey chris If you will be in the BX I will take you.

[ChrisG12887]

lol thnx everyone....mike i will keep in contact and let you know. thnx buddy!

[emartin]

I can't wait to see what he looks like fully colored.

When they breed let me know, I'd probably grab a few fry. How big is he now?

~Ed

[ChrisG12887]

I can't wait to see what he looks like fully colored.

When they breed let me know, I'd probably grab a few fry. How big is he now?

~Ed

no prob...hes about 4-4.5 inches

[ChrisG12887]

ok.....Does anyone have or can find information on these guyz??.....cant seem to find anything on these guyz.....the one and only thing i found was a site from the UK i believe......The fish was labled Copadichromis sp. Kawanga and looked exactly like mine so im confused at what the species name is....i know someone has had these before but wasnt sure who.....any info on this guy wud be appreciated :) Thanks

christian

[emartin]

What kind of information are you looking for?

Here's a few links:
http://www.hillcountrycichlidclub.com/articles/Copadichromis%20borleyi.pdf
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/haps/copadichromis_borleyi_kadango.html
http://www.gcca.net/fom/Copadachromis_borleyi.htm
http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=59
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1009

[ChrisG12887]

well i was really just trying to figure out the correct name for these guyz.....Atlantis has them as Copadichromis Borleyi Crocodile Rock but they are not Borleyi or at least dont look like em......i found the only site that seem to have my same exact fish.....

http://www.malawi-dream.info/Copadichromis_sp_kawanga_Nkhata_Bay.htm

[ChrisG12887]

so does anyone know if the name is copadichromis borleyi "crocodile rock" or Copadichromis sp. Kawanga????

[emartin]

I don't know why you're doubting Atlantis. Yours looks exactly like a Copadichromis borleyi to me... The color seems a little off for that location but yours is still very young and isn't even in breeding dress yet...

And yours is definitely not C. sp. kawanga. This is what C. sp. Kawanga look like: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1022

With yours the only thing I may consider being suspicious of is the location, but even then as far as I know Atlantis gets their stock mostly from Stuart Grant's facility and they are very reputable...

[ChrisG12887]

Im not doubting Atlantis at all why wud i do that, its just i found no information on this fish except the link i found and just seems to me that my fish looks nothing like a borleyi....

[emartin]

Yours looks exactly like a borleyi to me, just not fully colored and not in breeding dress... Keep in mind yours is still young, and all the stripes and spots on your photo matched all the photos of C. borleyi I found...

Just give yours some time. Everything about yours looks right to me except that it isn't fully colored...

[AlishanAS]

Chris - check out Konings Malawi Cichlid book(3rd Edtion) page 313. The page has photos of C. borleyi from a dozen locations. Many color variations are evident.

[mack74]

Im not doubting Atlantis at all why wud i do that, its just i found no information on this fish except the link i found and just seems to me that my fish looks nothing like a borleyi....

I have reason to doubt them as i have recieved fish that were not what they were suppossed to be and they were hand picked by peter. I have never said anything but it happens. In your case the fish is real I am sure.

[ChrisG12887]

ok thanks for the help everyone.....It just kinda threw me off because i couldnt find any pictures of that same exact fish soooo when i found that link and it had another name for it, it threw me off and got confused as to what copadichromis species it was.....but the link here definitley is exactly my fish...

http://www.malawi-dream.info/Copadichromis_sp_kawanga_Nkhata_Bay.htm

[ChrisG12887]

here are some better updated pics.....

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/BxNuMbA1LaTiNoPa/GEDC0536.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/BxNuMbA1LaTiNoPa/GEDC0552.jpg
female
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q184/BxNuMbA1LaTiNoPa/GEDC0339.jpg

[RD]

Glad to see that you figured it out, as your fish are most definitely NOT Copadichromis Borleyi "Crocodile Rock".

While there is indeed a "crocodile rock" borleyi variant, it most closely resembles the C. borleyi "Kadango", but as far as I know none have ever been exported.

[cwnaturescapes]

nice looking cop , my male just starting to color up

[bovsbaitboxes]

could it be one of these

[emartin]

Any updated pics?