Need help to ID a Malawi cichlid

[George Pontis]

I need a hand identifying this 3" Lake Malawi cichlid:

http://www.z9.com/125G/Unknown.jpg

(Or visit the main page at http://www.z9.com/aquarium.html, email link at bottom)

Thanks,
George

[Elaine T]

George Pontis wrote:
> I need a hand identifying this 3" Lake Malawi cichlid:
>
> http://www.z9.com/125G/Unknown.jpg
>
> (Or visit the main page at http://www.z9.com/aquarium.html, email link at bottom)
>
> Thanks,
> George

Ooh - pretty! That looks like a "sunshine peacock", Aulonocara baenschi.

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[George Pontis]

In article >, eetmail-
says...
> sunshine peacock
>

Thank you Elaine for this ID. I have two others that I surmise to also be A.
Baenschi. Since they all look different I didn't recognize that they were so
closely related, but now I find A. Baenschi pictures online that match them all.

I inherited these fish with a tank that I bought second-hand, but didn't do a good
enough job recording what's what. They have turned out to be a really good
community of healthy and interesting fish that seem to not need much but the
regular water change to keep nitrates in check. And friendly too.

George

[Elaine T]

George Pontis wrote:
> In article >, eetmail-
> says...
>
>>sunshine peacock
>>
>
>
> Thank you Elaine for this ID. I have two others that I surmise to also be A.
> Baenschi. Since they all look different I didn't recognize that they were so
> closely related, but now I find A. Baenschi pictures online that match them all.
>
> I inherited these fish with a tank that I bought second-hand, but didn't do a good
> enough job recording what's what. They have turned out to be a really good
> community of healthy and interesting fish that seem to not need much but the
> regular water change to keep nitrates in check. And friendly too.
>
> George

You're welcome. He's a dead-on match for the "sample" fish we kept in a
community of Malawi peacocks where I worked ages ago. It's interesting
how many regional color morphs there are of all the rift lake cichlid
species. They remind me of killifish in that regard.

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and a nice baenschi at that.