Pseudotropheus magpie - anyone come across this

[Spindoctor]

Earlier thsi week I posted a message about my LFS identifying a fish
incorrectly that I had bought, I went back and now confirmed what it
should be, which is a Pseudotropheus magpie. I cannot find out
anything about this fish. Has anyone out there ever come across it?

Brian

[Amateur]

"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
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> Earlier thsi week I posted a message about my LFS identifying a fish
> incorrectly that I had bought, I went back and now confirmed what it
> should be, which is a Pseudotropheus magpie. I cannot find out
> anything about this fish. Has anyone out there ever come across it?
>
> Brian

There is no P. magpie in any of the references. There is a Metriaclima zebra
that has an OB "orange blotched" pattern that is sometimes called magpie, but
the mouth shape would never be confused with a Labeotropheus. If your fish has
an OB pattern and the mouth is slightly underslung, but not anything like the
mouth of a Labeotropheus, I'd guess your fish is Tropheops tropheops OB or
Tropheops sp. "chinayamwezi" OB as pictured here.
http://www.amateurcichlids.com/fish/pseudo_macro.shtml
Good Luck with your fish.
AC

[Spindoctor]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:35:29 GMT, "Amateur" > wrote:

>
>"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
...
>> Earlier thsi week I posted a message about my LFS identifying a fish
>> incorrectly that I had bought, I went back and now confirmed what it
>> should be, which is a Pseudotropheus magpie. I cannot find out
>> anything about this fish. Has anyone out there ever come across it?
>>
>> Brian
>
>There is no P. magpie in any of the references. There is a Metriaclima zebra
>that has an OB "orange blotched" pattern that is sometimes called magpie, but
>the mouth shape would never be confused with a Labeotropheus. If your fish has
>an OB pattern and the mouth is slightly underslung, but not anything like the
>mouth of a Labeotropheus, I'd guess your fish is Tropheops tropheops OB or
>Tropheops sp. "chinayamwezi" OB as pictured here.
>http://www.amateurcichlids.com/fish/pseudo_macro.shtml
>Good Luck with your fish.
>AC
>

Not quite the same but not a million miles away

Looks like I'm almost there


Brian

[The Madd Hatter]

have you considered that this fish might be a hybrid? The possibility is not
remote, when purchasing from an LFS. That might explain the difficulty in
identifying it.

"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:35:29 GMT, "Amateur" > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Spindoctor" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Earlier thsi week I posted a message about my LFS identifying a fish
> >> incorrectly that I had bought, I went back and now confirmed what it
> >> should be, which is a Pseudotropheus magpie. I cannot find out
> >> anything about this fish. Has anyone out there ever come across it?
> >>
> >> Brian
> >
> >There is no P. magpie in any of the references. There is a Metriaclima
zebra
> >that has an OB "orange blotched" pattern that is sometimes called magpie,
but
> >the mouth shape would never be confused with a Labeotropheus. If your
fish has
> >an OB pattern and the mouth is slightly underslung, but not anything like
the
> >mouth of a Labeotropheus, I'd guess your fish is Tropheops tropheops OB
or
> >Tropheops sp. "chinayamwezi" OB as pictured here.
> >http://www.amateurcichlids.com/fish/pseudo_macro.shtml
> >Good Luck with your fish.
> >AC
> >
>
> Not quite the same but not a million miles away
>
> Looks like I'm almost there
>
>
> Brian