Help ID this Fish

[aros]

Hi Folks,

Can you help me ID this fish
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm) I bought
it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the Chain LFS as
"electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and dorsal
fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an "electric
Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an Aulonocara
sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6 inches
and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is yellow
behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly it is a
yellow brown with vericle strips.

Any ideas

a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Al

[Damaclese]

well its deffinetly an electric blue hap like fish especially if its
aggressive ive had a simmilar blue spahire on a couple of my ?? peacoks?? i
think they are peacocks there base colour pinkish tan with black and white
mottle and spots but arround the face they have that nice blue tinge its
quite odd
"aros" > wrote in message
. ..
> Hi Folks,
>
> Can you help me ID this fish
> (http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm) I
bought
> it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the Chain LFS
as
> "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and dorsal
> fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an "electric
> Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
Aulonocara
> sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6 inches
> and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is
yellow
> behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly it is
a
> yellow brown with vericle strips.
>
> Any ideas
>
> a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
> Al
>
>

[ponder]

I have the same fish but it is all blue, no yellow stripes, so what is mine,
I was told it was a blue Ahli?


aros > wrote in message
. ..
> Hi Folks,
>
> Can you help me ID this fish
> (http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm) I
bought
> it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the Chain LFS
as
> "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and dorsal
> fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an "electric
> Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
Aulonocara
> sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6 inches
> and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is
yellow
> behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly it is
a
> yellow brown with vericle strips.
>
> Any ideas
>
> a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
> Al
>
>

[Sarotherodon]

"RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message
...
> it's a peacock, Aulonocara of some kind... front end of ? and a rear end
of
> a jacobfreirgi.... (sp?)
>
> There's a chance it's a copadichromis of some kind... some have a white
line
> across the top which would indicate it 'could' be, and at the same time,
> could be a crossbred peacock...
>
> "aros" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Can you help me ID this fish
> > (http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm) I
> bought
> > it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the Chain
LFS
> as
> > "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and dorsal
> > fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an
"electric
> > Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
> Aulonocara
> > sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6
inches
> > and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is
> yellow
> > behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly it
is
> a
> > yellow brown with vericle strips.
> >
> > Any ideas
> >
> > a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> > Al
> >

I definitely agree with Redforeman's ID of Aulonocara-hard to ID species
from photos like this.
I'd vote for Aulonocara hybrid.

[RedForeman ©®]

it's a peacock, Aulonocara of some kind... front end of ? and a rear end of
a jacobfreirgi.... (sp?)

There's a chance it's a copadichromis of some kind... some have a white line
across the top which would indicate it 'could' be, and at the same time,
could be a crossbred peacock...

"aros" > wrote in message
. ..
> Hi Folks,
>
> Can you help me ID this fish
> (http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm) I
bought
> it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the Chain LFS
as
> "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and dorsal
> fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an "electric
> Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
Aulonocara
> sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6 inches
> and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is
yellow
> behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly it is
a
> yellow brown with vericle strips.
>
> Any ideas
>
> a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
> Al
>
>

[aros]

Thanks for all the responses (sorry for top post)

Thats what I am afraid of a hybrid - I'll try and take a better picture to
see if it helps ID. But I am upset both at the LFS and myself - I guess I
believed they would not sell hybrids - but at the same time they didn't have
a proper name to ID it so I should have known.

If I am able to get better clearer pictures I'll post again incase it is a
true species

thanks again

Al

"Sarotherodon" > wrote in message
...
>
> "RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message
> ...
> > it's a peacock, Aulonocara of some kind... front end of ? and a rear end
> of
> > a jacobfreirgi.... (sp?)
> >
> > There's a chance it's a copadichromis of some kind... some have a white
> line
> > across the top which would indicate it 'could' be, and at the same time,
> > could be a crossbred peacock...
> >
> > "aros" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > Can you help me ID this fish
> > > (http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm) I
> > bought
> > > it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the Chain
> LFS
> > as
> > > "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and
dorsal
> > > fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an
> "electric
> > > Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
> > Aulonocara
> > > sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6
> inches
> > > and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is
> > yellow
> > > behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly it
> is
> > a
> > > yellow brown with vericle strips.
> > >
> > > Any ideas
> > >
> > > a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Al
> > >
>
> I definitely agree with Redforeman's ID of Aulonocara-hard to ID species
> from photos like this.
> I'd vote for Aulonocara hybrid.
>
>
>

[RedForeman ©®]

you really had pretty good pictures, the problem is, there are so many
different peacocks, and so many different cichlids in general, and it's just
hard to ID a fish that looks like 3 different ones...

http://www.petsforum.com/was/comp.html has a bunch of links to use, but I
use this for some of the better pics of peacocks...
http://www.ohiexchange.com/armke/

they have some rare, and some real nice peacocks...

after looking at yours, I am nearly positive it's a peacock, but which one,
Not sure...
It could be a
Aulonocara sp. Chipoka juvenile....
Aulonocara sp. Maleri Island Yellow
Aulonocara sp. Steveni
Aulonocara sp. Sturartgranti - more popular than most others..





"aros" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for all the responses (sorry for top post)
>
> Thats what I am afraid of a hybrid - I'll try and take a better picture to
> see if it helps ID. But I am upset both at the LFS and myself - I guess I
> believed they would not sell hybrids - but at the same time they didn't
have
> a proper name to ID it so I should have known.
>
> If I am able to get better clearer pictures I'll post again incase it is a
> true species
>
> thanks again
>
> Al
>
> "Sarotherodon" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > it's a peacock, Aulonocara of some kind... front end of ? and a rear
end
> > of
> > > a jacobfreirgi.... (sp?)
> > >
> > > There's a chance it's a copadichromis of some kind... some have a
white
> > line
> > > across the top which would indicate it 'could' be, and at the same
time,
> > > could be a crossbred peacock...
> > >
> > > "aros" > wrote in message
> > > . ..
> > > > Hi Folks,
> > > >
> > > > Can you help me ID this fish
> > > > (http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm)
I
> > > bought
> > > > it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the
Chain
> > LFS
> > > as
> > > > "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and
> dorsal
> > > > fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an
> > "electric
> > > > Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
> > > Aulonocara
> > > > sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6
> > inches
> > > > and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there is
> > > yellow
> > > > behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but mostly
it
> > is
> > > a
> > > > yellow brown with vericle strips.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas
> > > >
> > > > a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Al
> > > >
> >
> > I definitely agree with Redforeman's ID of Aulonocara-hard to ID species
> > from photos like this.
> > I'd vote for Aulonocara hybrid.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[aros]

Once again thanks

looking at the links my guess was a Aulonocara sp. Sturartgranti as well
the closest one is the maulana bicolor"

But - I guess i should treat him and his females as possible hybrids

Thanks for your help
Al

"RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message
...
> you really had pretty good pictures, the problem is, there are so many
> different peacocks, and so many different cichlids in general, and it's
just
> hard to ID a fish that looks like 3 different ones...
>
> http://www.petsforum.com/was/comp.html has a bunch of links to use, but I
> use this for some of the better pics of peacocks...
> http://www.ohiexchange.com/armke/
>
> they have some rare, and some real nice peacocks...
>
> after looking at yours, I am nearly positive it's a peacock, but which
one,
> Not sure...
> It could be a
> Aulonocara sp. Chipoka juvenile....
> Aulonocara sp. Maleri Island Yellow
> Aulonocara sp. Steveni
> Aulonocara sp. Sturartgranti - more popular than most others..
>
>
>
>
>
> "aros" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thanks for all the responses (sorry for top post)
> >
> > Thats what I am afraid of a hybrid - I'll try and take a better picture
to
> > see if it helps ID. But I am upset both at the LFS and myself - I guess
I
> > believed they would not sell hybrids - but at the same time they didn't
> have
> > a proper name to ID it so I should have known.
> >
> > If I am able to get better clearer pictures I'll post again incase it is
a
> > true species
> >
> > thanks again
> >
> > Al
> >
> > "Sarotherodon" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > "RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > it's a peacock, Aulonocara of some kind... front end of ? and a rear
> end
> > > of
> > > > a jacobfreirgi.... (sp?)
> > > >
> > > > There's a chance it's a copadichromis of some kind... some have a
> white
> > > line
> > > > across the top which would indicate it 'could' be, and at the same
> time,
> > > > could be a crossbred peacock...
> > > >
> > > > "aros" > wrote in message
> > > > . ..
> > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you help me ID this fish
> > > > >
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/alrostom/electric_blue/electric_blue.htm)
> I
> > > > bought
> > > > > it as a juevenile over a year ago. It was labeled at one of the
> Chain
> > > LFS
> > > > as
> > > > > "electric Blue Peacock". It already had a electric blue face and
> > dorsal
> > > > > fin - rest was brown with veritcal stripes. I thought it was an
> > > "electric
> > > > > Blue Ahli". But now looking at the picture it looks more like an
> > > > Aulonocara
> > > > > sp . The picture doesn't do it justice it is fairly big - almost 6
> > > inches
> > > > > and face dorsal and ventral fins are really "electric blue" there
is
> > > > yellow
> > > > > behind head, and slight hint of blue in the rest of body but
mostly
> it
> > > is
> > > > a
> > > > > yellow brown with vericle strips.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas
> > > > >
> > > > > a link to acquariam photography would also be greatly appreciated
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Al
> > > > >
> > >
> > > I definitely agree with Redforeman's ID of Aulonocara-hard to ID
species
> > > from photos like this.
> > > I'd vote for Aulonocara hybrid.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>