Id My Cichlid Please...

plow · Feb 20, 2008

Hi guys, I recently bought this malawi cichlid, but I dont know what it is..

He/she is really brown, it doesn't show so much on the photo, and has a yellow band across the top of the dorsal.

Can anyone help me?

shroob · Feb 20, 2008

It could be a female Cynotilapia afra (Cobue).
http

/www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1371
The picture of the female looks abit like yours.

I would say its some sort of mbuna, but past that I'm not really sure, africans not my area of interest really.

mark7616 · Feb 20, 2008

Its a Pseudotropheus Elongatus "Mpanga"

plow · Feb 20, 2008

mark7616 said:
Its a Pseudotropheus Elongatus "Mpanga"

really?

are you certain? doesn't look much like the photos on the net..

mark7616 · Feb 21, 2008

Yes I am yours is just sub-adult.

plow · Feb 21, 2008

female or male? and how can I tell the difference?

cheers for your info so far, its pretty exciting.

Hard to imagine his/her colours will change so much as it grows into an adult.

but cool, Im very thankful.

paul_219 · Feb 21, 2008

Yeah thats a nice fish.

mark7616 · Feb 21, 2008

Need a clearer pic of the rear fins but looks like a female to me you can tell males and females apart by the egg spots.

plow · Feb 21, 2008

cool, so both the female and male will become this blue colour with maturity?

http

/213.180.95.58/artregister/artbild/p...an_jidestig.jpg

kind of sad cos I liked the brown a lot.

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