Name This Fish Only Seen Them Once

[forby3]

right went to get my oscars tonight and they guy had a massive malawi tank and there was these fish he no longer wanted around 7 or eight
of them there like a pike shape silver and blue cudnt really tell the difference as he had blue lights in his tank but they had bars running down to the tale very large bars and the male was a big lad and a lot darker then the rest

anybody tell me what they are as he is giving me them on Tuesday

 

[Littlemonkey]

right went to get my oscars tonight and they guy had a massive malawi tank and there was these fish he no longer wanted around 7 or eight
of them there like a pike shape silver and blue cudnt really tell the difference as he had blue lights in his tank but they had bars running down to the tale very large bars and the male was a big lad and a lot darker then the rest

anybody tell me what they are as he is giving me them on Tuesday

Did he say how old they were? Some chiclids change colour from juvi to adult.

 

[forby3]

these where adults

 

[kizno1]

Could they have been some sort of pike cichlid? Theres loads of different types but it could have been something like Crenicichla strigata

 

[Littlemonkey]

C ould they possibly be Duboisi?

 

[forby3]

right its the same shape as a champsochromis caeruleus but with large black bars

Could they have been some sort of pike cichlid? Theres loads of different types but it could have been something like Crenicichla strigata

no defo not a Crenicichla strigata

 

[Littlemonkey]

You'll have to sneak a pic of one if you can. My local FS had never heard of Ellioti before untill I told hinm they were from the same family as Firemouths. There's a few arn't there.

 

[forby3]

Placidochromis johnstoni i think thats them

 

[Littlemonkey]

Just looked them up. Would be OK if they all had the red? What are you putting them with, Sorry apologies for not reading your originsl threads.

 

[forby3]

Just looked them up. Would be OK if they all had the red? What are you putting them with, Sorry apologies for not reading your originsl threads.

tank on there own m8

 

[Davo86]

Sounds like Malawi Eye-biters (Dimidiochromis compressiceps)

 

[forby3]

Sounds like Malawi Eye-biters (Dimidiochromis compressiceps)

davo i will send you the pic on tuesady when i get them you will no what they are mate

 

[Littlemonkey]

Sorry, don't like the look of them at all. Look quite scary to me.