Ben Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 What do you think these guys are? I have my thoughts but want to see if others agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayR Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hi Ben I think I have one of these guys too or similar. I bought it about 10 months ago at a local LFS advertised as Lombardoi. It was around 3cm when I bought it and looked like a lombardoi. Brief description = Body was light purplish colour and a darker purple stripes but over time a tinge of a thin yellow highlight colour started to appear over the body. I don’t know much about these guys but I suspect a crossbreed?? cheers JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart74 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 1. Peacock X E blue or similar hap 2. Lions cove afra but with the reddish yellow through the fish i'd say possible X with a rusty 3. anyone's guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'm guessing that the blueish ones are actually from the same batch as the brown ones? There appears to be an intermediatory fish in picture #2 middle left hand side. However for the purposes of answering your question my take on their ID is this; - Number 1's are a Blue dolphin (Cyrtocara moorii) x a Peacock (Auloncara sp.) The line from the eye to the nose is a give away for a blue dolphin as is the slightly beaked shape nose. I'm putting my money on them being crossed with a peacock based on the fish in picture 2 at the top that displays more typical peacock body shape and barring. - Number 2's are a hongi (Labidochromis hongi) x something?? The black bar between the eyes going across the bridge of the nose is something only seen in hongis from my experiance and in ALL hongi x's I have seen this has always been a dominant trait passed on. Definantely no afra in #2, nor do I believe there is any lombardoi in them. Wrong body shape for both. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks for the input guys. My thoughts where 1 = Electra (I have not kept them so not an expert on how they should look at this size) 2 = hongi x rusty 3 = not a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick86 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 No Idea what the others are but I'm 99% sure that #1 has blue dolphin in it. They look strikingly similar to some "blue dolphins" I once had but died when I started having water quality issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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