daci Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 What have I've got? Pls point out the differences if you do actually kept these two species before Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hi mate Yours are Nototaenia. The easiest way to tell is to look at the females. Rhoadesii females have yellow around the gills and underneath. Your females are more silvery. The difference in the males is that their nose is shorter, sort of more squashed in than a Rhoadesii's nose. The Rhoadesii's colour is more of a pastel blue than the Nototaenia which is a darker blue with more yellow/orange through its body. How did your spawn go, any babies? Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Look at Rob's rhoadesii photos on the for sale site Cant miss the differance Hope they went to a big tank and good breeder Rob!!! Yours are a nice pair fishmonger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daci Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Thanks folks... i will look at the classified ok....just looked i have to aggree that the female 'yellow bit' are rhoadesii according to some literature. i cant really see the different in the male in the classified and mine Although mine due to camera that flash out the blue face but other than that i see no different The one that worry me most is the red patch behide the gill according to some big haps keeper that Rhoadesii should not have any red at all no matter where In male, the red patch is a tell tell sign that it is a Nototaenia Quoted from the article: MALES RHOADESII: The picture below is a good example of a male Buccochromis Nototaenia. Nototaenia have a distinctive red patch behind the gill plate. This red patch can sometimes be very large and carry on through a good portion of the fish but usually it is not much bigger than what you see in this example. A yellow tail and yellow dorsal is typical of the Nototaenia species as is the blunt shape of the snout. full article avail below: Buccochromis Genus. A quick quide to the whole genus. and the picture between the two: the story from these fish that i obtained was a length one...more on that later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 surely you can see the difference between both fish? Your Nototaenia are much more blue in head,green /silver body & darkness in anal fin, blunt head & grow smaller than rhoadesii. rhoadesii are as photo lots more blue/orange/yellow , pointed head, longer finage & those fish are 20/25cm with more to grow Both very nice fish & not many around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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