Fish ID Please

[JustLooking]

Hello all,
unfortunately I don't have a pic,but years ago I had an african cichlid that looked EXACLY like a yellow lab,but it was not yellow,it was ghost white.If anyone knows of this fish & has a pic I would really appreciate it.

It was my favorite fish,had it for years.It was the only one that I have ever seen,& havent seen one since.

Thanks Rick

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

There are a few Labidochromis caeruleus that are white instead of yellow, such as caeruleus and the Nkhata Bay:

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=214
http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=586

Also, you could be thinking of a Labidochromis spec."Perlmutt":

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=245


Posting a pic will really help properly ID it... if you can.

:)
-Diana

[JustLooking]

thank you Diana,
the 2nd pic kinda looks like the fish I had
I wish I still had pics of him
when I said ghost white I really ment pearly white

[ceatwood]

Just guessing but the only pearly white cichlid I know is the albino socolofi

http://www.cichlidlovers.com/p_snow_white.htm

[JustLooking]

Thanks but no it wasnt an albino,looked just like a yellow lab only white
fins were edged in black,like the yellow lab.
had a black vertical line going though the eyes.
Oh well thanks anyway\
Rick

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

You dont think its the perlmutt? I guess they dont really have a black line in the dorsal, but they do have a pearly sheen. It could have been a hybrid ;)

-Diana

[JustLooking]

I think the generic name that they gave it was white lions cove.......

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

Ah its on the tip of my tounge... I know a guy who has white labs and lions cove rings a bell. Let me try and find them...

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

Okay the closest I've come is Labidochromis chisumulae, thats what my friend has. I'm not sure if they are from Lions Cove or not.

Here's the MM species profile:
http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=215

And here's some shots of my friend's fish (Steve):
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df08b3127cce9f0f6a00e2b500000006108abNG7htQ

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5df08b3127cce9f08917b43ce00000006108abNG7htQ

These guys have quite dark prominent barring, but I'm sure a female or sub dominant male would not show such barring.

-Diana

[JustLooking]

The one I had was a male ,with no barring at all,and he was the king of the tank.
Thanks again Diana

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

No problem... I want to get to the bottom of this!

Hehe, sooo I talked to my boyfriend who said that the Labidochromis caeruleus "yellow morph" is the one from lions cove, so basically if it was labelled correctly and called a "white lions cove labidochromis" then that translates to a "white yellow lab" thus it would be a Labidochromis caeruleus: http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=214.

Ignore the blue sheen in the picture, that is due to the lighting and the fact that it was taken out of the water. I imagine it would look a lot less blue and more 'pearly white' under water:

http://www.akvariumas.lt/galerija/labidochromis/images/labidochromis_caeruleus.jpg
female:
http://www.akvariumas.lt/galerija/labidochromis/images/labidochromis_caeruleus_female.jpg

The black line through the eye is something that a lot of labs have, but not always. My male had it but the females didn't.

http://www.mbuna.dk/careuleus.jpg

I guess thats the best I can do.... in terms of commonality I dont see them around very often. Steve who owns the chisumulae is one of the only guys I personally know around here who has a white Labidochromis.

;)
-Diana

[JustLooking]

Diana you found my fish,
You dont know how happy I am right now,I know its not the most exotic of fish but it was my first africa cichlid.First fish I had that breed,my first tank over 100gal,oh the memories.
Thank you SO much.
Rick