Pseudotropheus magpie - anyone come across this

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

"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

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


"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


Not quite the same but not a million miles away

Looks like I'm almost there


Brian

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