light blue cichlid any idea what its exact species is?? thanks!!!

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Pittbull

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Ice Blue zebra too big for an afra or possible a red top blue zebra..
 

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Looks a bit like my M. Callainos without the eggspot.
I'm going to disagree based on the history of this tank. We have a Tinfoil Barb, a Parrot Cichlid, and 2 African Mbuna. This sounds like box store stocking and that usually doesn't include these species. I'm guessing Zebra mutt. Probably a fine community Mbuna, but not a purebred.
 

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Blue Zebra.. Top fin turns black or white. Yours is white from what I can see right? I have one right now with a black fin... I've also seen them called Johanni cichlids. Most likely out of a mixed tank...
 

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But Johanni isn't an appropriate name for zebras of the Metriaclima group. It is a name for cichlids of the Melanochromis group.
 
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