Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: breaktime on December 31, 2013, 12:55:58 AM

Title: Identify this fish
Post by: breaktime on December 31, 2013, 12:55:58 AM
Help me identify this fish...... ???
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: Ron on December 31, 2013, 08:30:37 AM
Protomelas [something]


If I had to guess on the "something", I'd be inclined to guess P. taeniolatus. If it colors up more, I could offer a more confident suggestion.
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on December 31, 2013, 11:31:17 AM
I searched Google images so these may also be mislabeled or wrote g but I found these that have a similar horizontal lines on the body. The first says its a protomelas boadzulu, the second pic says its a protomelas taeniolatus. They look simar but you have to take Google images with a grain of salt. I'm lean I g towards boadzulu just from what I've seen on the search but that's just a guess, I don't know all, like some others on here.
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: Ron on December 31, 2013, 02:08:49 PM
I don't think "Protomelas boadzulu" has ever been a recognized species.

I believe there are some other fish of various genus known by species as "boadzulu".

I have seen reference to multiple location variants of P. taeniolatus, including "Boadzulu Island", so my best guess is that's what you found reference to while googling.
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: breaktime on December 31, 2013, 03:40:34 PM
Could it be a Salvini cichlid (nandropsies  Salvini)?
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: danielratti on December 31, 2013, 03:57:33 PM
Nope
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on December 31, 2013, 03:58:05 PM
I don't think "Protomelas boadzulu" has ever been a recognized species.

I believe there are some other fish of various genus known by species as "boadzulu".

I have seen reference to multiple location variants of P. taeniolatus, including "Boadzulu Island", so my best guess is that's what you found reference to while googling.
yea i was just going off the captions in google so i figure it had to be true. you cant put it on the internet if it isnt true
Title: Re: Identify this fish
Post by: Ron on December 31, 2013, 04:35:30 PM
yea i was just going off the captions in google so i figure it had to be true. you cant put it on the internet if it isnt true
Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy! It must be true!  ;D