Can Someone ID me a Fish plz :)

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• Jan 13, 2003

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I know its a cichlid.....

and any idea of the sex of each one?

Thanks

 

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• Jan 13, 2003

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Well I don't know what fish it is but it sure is pretty

 

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• Jan 13, 2003

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i don't know but i'll be checking in to find out,sorry i couldn't help
looks like an albino peacock bass imo.

 

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• Jan 13, 2003

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Don't know what they are (yet!!), but the top one appears to be a female, the bottom a male...

The reason....The bottom fish has a little color in it's tail and it's dorsal is a little longer and pointier than the top.

These are sometimes indicaters of what sex a fish is.

I do agree with Most...they do appear to be young peacock bass, but it's hard to say!!!!

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• Jan 14, 2003

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lol i thort u guys would av known strait away! lol

I dont have the first clue on cichlids..... lol

 

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• Jan 14, 2003

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I am thinking maybe an albino form of cichlasoma grammodes?....... I am thinking this simply because of simmilar body structure and the pearl like scales near the tail. you have to look closly at the pics to see them but they are there.

 

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• Jan 14, 2003

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I believe them to be Oreochromis mossambicus, a popular eating fish!!!

 

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• Jan 14, 2003

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D'ya get chips with 'em?

 

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• Jan 15, 2003

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They look more like the Tilapia family, I think the Oreochromis Spilurus, I have seen some pict. in Axelrod's lexicon. but I could be wrong.
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• Jan 30, 2003

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Boyfriend thinks it's a chromidotilapia guentheri or gunthers cichlid. Me I haven't got a clue.

 

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• Feb 12, 2003

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My guess is a Malawi Eye Biter (Dimidiochromis Compressiceps) The colouring is different but it could be a female.

info on malawi eye biter

 

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• Feb 12, 2003

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Good guess, Very Fishy........

I would have to say no though. If you look at the pic of the fish in question it's body is not nearly as compressed as D. compressiceps.

I currently have a dozen D. compressiceps in stock and they are quite different from the fish in question.

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• Feb 12, 2003

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the first fish is a bay snook cichlid...is the second one the same fish?

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