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Offline Ace2324

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HELP identify fish please?
« on: February 03, 2013, 01:36:43 PM »
I don't know what type of fish these are. Please help identify, and see if the 2nd one is a female. Thank you

 
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Female?

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2013, 02:35:28 PM »
I'm not too good at identifying Haps. Looks like a Protomelas species to me though

Dominant male & sub dom is what I'd say. 

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2013, 02:51:56 PM »
looks like Copadichromis azureus 

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2013, 02:56:59 PM »
I'm not too good at identifying Haps. Looks like a Protomelas species to me though

Dominant male & sub dom is what I'd say.

Oh ok. Thank you. Maybe it's a red empress? and how can you tell the 2nd is a subdominant male?

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2013, 02:58:53 PM »
looks like Copadichromis azureus

hmm i have never even heard of those species lol. ill check their profiles out too

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2013, 03:02:43 PM »
I'm not too good at identifying Haps. Looks like a Protomelas species to me though

Dominant male & sub dom is what I'd say.

Oh ok. Thank you. Maybe it's a red empress? and how can you tell the 2nd is a subdominant male?
too much color for a female

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2013, 03:28:44 PM »
 too much color for a female
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true. still trying to find out what these are for sure.

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2013, 04:59:28 PM »
I think it's a Otopharynx tetraspilus "Yellow Princess Mloto"
Anyone agree?

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2013, 05:12:34 PM »
Body doesn't look right for an azureus and for the otopharynx. Could very well be hybrids. The face reminds me of a cyrtocara moori it even has a little hump growing on the head.

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Re: HELP identify fish please?
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2013, 11:53:11 PM »
looks like Copadichromis azureus

Does look kind of like Copadichromis azureus ..
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