roo Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Hi all, Just a quick question my male johannii ( well thats what they were labeled at my LFS) has recently started to change colour. I am now beginning to think that I may have actually bought Melanochromis interruptus. Which species do I actually have? (sorry for the bad quality pics, but I was in rush) Thanks Roo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizark Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Mate I cant see you pic's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 M. interuptus for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevkoi Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 M.interruptus. M.johanni is now a defuncted scientific name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 M. interruptus for sure. M. johanni has parallel bars, that are unbroken. The bars are broken in your pic., hence the name interruptus/checker board johanni. I haven't seen the "electric blue" johanni (M. johanni) for years. Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo Posted August 2, 2005 Author Share Posted August 2, 2005 Thanks for your replies. I suspected they were interuptus. (I just wish that my LFS would correctly label the fish they are selling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieStar Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 (I just wish that my LFS would correctly label the fish they are selling) that would be a dream for most of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 These fish are also know as checherboard johanni. Most stores these days drop the checkerboard off and call them johanni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Those are Johanni I belive?? What you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I am pretty sure thats a interuptus aswell heres a link to pictures of a johanni Please correct me if I am wrong Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Now.. THAT i thought is a maingano... I have no iea.. LOL! This is getting too confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizark Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 What Toufic has in his picture is an Interruptus. The link is obviously a Johannii. The difference between a Maingano & Johannii is body height with the Maingano being more slender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 It is definitely in the common name that these two fish get confused, some how along the lines they have both been labeled as simply 'checker board cichlids'. I honestly don't think that there are many pure johannii out there at all if any. Majority of the fish labeled as checkerboard we have in Aus IMO are interruptus. The differences are as mentioned that interruptus is darker and has vertical bars and also horizontal bars (thus they call them checkerboards) and the interruptus also grows smaller than the johannii, a similar size to the demasoni i think. I agree, trofics fish looks like an interruptus to me with those prominent vertical bars. From my understanding and observation of pictures around the internet, johannii can have 'some' barring but this barring is not as easy to distinguish. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durkenzahn Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 hey hey Umm isint the Maingano in the "Johannii" complex? anyhow maingano have straight bars and not as thick as others in the same complex. this is not uncommon to mix them up either so dont feel too bad. check this article out in regards http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquar...l_maingano.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeW Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 They are (as other suggest) M. interruptus. Melanochromis johanni is a different fish , Kev, what's the reasoning behind your comment's that it is defunct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbuna Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 interruptus and maingano are both part of the johanni complex. There would be some pure f1 johanni stock getting around at the moment because some were bought in last year that were wildcaughts at breeding size. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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