Need help to ID a Malawi cichlid
 

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

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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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

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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Elaine T __
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rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

and a nice baenschi at that.