Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => Old World => Topic started by: Mission Man on August 24, 2013, 03:03:34 PM

Title: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: Mission Man on August 24, 2013, 03:03:34 PM
Red Shoulder, Red Flush, Fort McGuire ?
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: PJ on August 24, 2013, 03:16:29 PM
look like salousi or gertrudae
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Post by: danielratti on August 24, 2013, 04:36:21 PM
Where did you get it? doesn't look to be either of the 2 listed
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: Mission Man on August 24, 2013, 05:09:10 PM
Where did you get it? doesn't look to be either of the 2 listed
Got it at a store in Clio who sold it as a A. "Lwanda" Red Shoulder but the outline color on the Red Shoulder is usu. orange and the red behind the head is restricted closer to the head.
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: danielratti on August 24, 2013, 06:37:01 PM
Hmm Somthin's Fishy about what you were sold. Could be a hybrid they do get a lot of fish farm fish that come in there.
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: nismo_sky28 on August 24, 2013, 07:03:23 PM
Looks a lot like my blue dragon blood. It's a beautiful fish. I would just call him a red peacock
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on August 24, 2013, 07:21:35 PM
Hmm Somthin's Fishy about what you were sold. Could be a hybrid they do get a lot of fish farm fish that come in there.

^ I agree
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: Mission Man on August 24, 2013, 09:10:42 PM
Hmm Somthin's Fishy about what you were sold. Could be a hybrid they do get a lot of fish farm fish that come in there.
Somethin's definitely Fishy  :P   Believe me, I won't buy anything more from them on "their say".
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: danielratti on August 24, 2013, 09:13:21 PM
At least someone got the joke. Who sold it to you the owners or one of the workers?
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: Mission Man on August 24, 2013, 09:35:15 PM
At least someone got the joke. Who sold it to you the owners or one of the workers?
One of the workers, but then the owner (male) came out and using the "Tepoot" book on Cichlids identified it as a Aulonocara sp. "Red Shoulder".  I'm looking at the same book (page 25) and mine certainly looks like A. Nyassae (hansbaenschi) Red Flush Peacock with just the variation in the mottling in the tail.  And I agree... He is Beautiful !!!
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Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on August 25, 2013, 07:23:34 AM
That is a very nice looking fish.
Title: Re: Help ID Aulonocara sp.
Post by: Mission Man on August 25, 2013, 08:40:51 AM
That is a very nice looking fish.
Thanks !!!