What Is This Fish?

Sparkles13

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• Jun 1, 2013

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I recently bought a used aquarium, and i was wondering if someone could tell me what kind of fish i have. there were three in the tank, but one died on the way home. I'm not planning on keeping these fish, they are too big for what i want to do with the tank. i just wanted to have an idea of what they are before i take them to the store. 
 

 

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• Jun 1, 2013

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Looks like a cichlid and a pleco, my limited aquatic knoledge, anyone else know?

 

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• Jun 1, 2013

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Either a regular severum (which get very big) or a red severum.
That is a synodontis catfish I think.

 

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• Jun 2, 2013

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Its not a Severum, it looks like a Jellybean Convict but not 100%. The Catfish is a Synodontis but not sure which one it is because of the pictures.
 
Can you get any full body pics?
 
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• Jun 2, 2013

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Looks more like a very unhappy malawi to me? Some kind of really hacked off (female?) Red Zebra Malawi and a synodontis catfish of some kind...
 
Maylandia estherae red
http/www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00v2bw3

 

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Thanks for your help guys. i had a lady get them from me this afternoon. She wasn't really too concerned about what they were, or she already knew and didn't share. but they're in a better home now!