Please help identify..

[kayla]

that is exactly what the fish looks like. I am guessing that is a female then. I have two of them exactly the same.

Protomelas Taeniolatus or Common Name Red Empress
I have two females as well. I wish they were male because the males color up very nicely.

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

The fish you posted for ID does not have the same face as a red empress.... unless the pic is distorting what it really looks like, then your fish is likely not a red empress. Its similar though, and a lot of females from the genus Protomelas look similar. Its one of the most common fish from that genus so i wouldnt be suprised. As i said before, could be a hybrid.
http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=377

Try posting more pics from different angles to be sure....

And does this fish have yellow in the fins or is that just the background showing through?


-Diana

 

[flutterbye75]

here are a few more pictures that I took. As far as the yellow on the fins, that is just the color showing through. There is no color whatsoever on the fish. They are silver and black that is it.

 

[Hobbyist82]

here are a few more pictures that I took. As far as the yellow on the fins, that is just the color showing through. There is no color whatsoever on the fish. They are silver and black that is it.

I actually have the same cichlid in which I thought to be dimidio (eye biter)...come to realize after my purchase of a "real dimidio" who was different in shape ...I believe we have hybrid Red empress/dimidio