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Offline Steve

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ID Please
« on: August 08, 2013, 12:51:38 AM »
Figure you guys will be able to tell me more than I could. I bought this guy yesterday from a local store (Atlantais in Clawson) They had no idea what he was and said just a mixed African :-\ I'm thinking maybe Kenyi? I'm still not good at ID'ing so I might be way off, any ideas?? BTW he's 3" and cost $8 so I couldn't pass him up

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Re: ID Please
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2013, 01:17:23 AM »
I would say labidochromis joanjohnsonae
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2013, 01:26:02 AM »
Just goggled  joanjohnsonae, yep that looks like him Chris. I still have much to learn I was way off with Kenyi I guess :o
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2013, 01:38:28 AM »
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=759

Here's the link and most of all the fish I try to identify or see what my next want comes from this site a lot of good info on here
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Chris

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Re: ID Please
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2013, 01:51:31 AM »
Looks like an elongated Socolofi to me.  I'm not seeing the orange lateral lines that Joanjohnsonae have.

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Re: ID Please
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2013, 01:55:38 AM »
Ya I can see that
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2013, 01:56:31 AM »
Blair please enlighten a still newbie if ya would. Because I google " joanjohnsonae cichlid" and I google "Socolofi cichlid" and I see the same thing to me. So what is the difference? I know there is, I'm just not seeing it myself even though I know it's there :o
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2013, 02:25:20 AM »
Gettin a "members only" note there Blair when I click the link.
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2013, 02:31:36 AM »
Ya you have to sign up to the site in order to view anything on there
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2013, 02:34:22 AM »
Ya you have to sign up to the site in order to view anything on there
Should be 3 views before it asks for log in

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Re: ID Please
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2013, 02:40:58 AM »
Must'a been 3 to click it before me. No biggie though, I goggled both, just havin a hard time seeing the difference. I just need to learn more about these species I think though because I still have such a hard time telling the difference between so many of them.
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Re: ID Please
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2013, 02:46:32 AM »
A lot of them do look alike and really there's just a tiny difference it's about looking at every detail the fins coloration body style everything some do make it very hard to determine
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Chris