Identification, please

[rmonda]

Hi everybody,
Please identify the fish in the photos.

Any help in this mater will be highly appreciated.

10x
Raul

 

[BoCoMo]

I can ID that fish!!!

That's Lester! How did you every catch that slippery fish!?!?















ok ok so I don't know the answer but I did want to say :welcome: to the forums!

 

[blue2fyre]

looks like a stressed M. Johanni or a Maingano, it can be difficult to tell the difference. I have no idea if it's a male of female It's an african cichlid from lake Malawi. Colorful and aggressive, they lke lots of rock

 

[efors]

looks like a stressed M. Johanni or a Maingano, it can be difficult to tell the difference. I have no idea if it's a male of female It's an african cichlid from lake Malawi. Colorful and aggressive, they lke lots of rock

Yeah, I believe it is one of those 2: Melanochromis johannii or Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos (Maingano). If its white gets blue, then it is a Maingano.

 

[rifty_geordie]

yeah, I'd go with johanii
here's mine when it got all stressed when I was sorting my tank out:

 

[efors]

Yeah, I believe it is one of those 2: Melanochromis johannii or Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos (Maingano). If its white gets blue, then it is a Maingano.

Excuse me, please. I have to state that M. johannii males can get some blue color, too.

 

[jrow8162]

Looks like it may be mixed with a blue cobalt... Did you get him from a mixed cichlid tank? He does look really stressed. I have 2 Johanii... Just picked one up and hoping I have a breeding pair... From the looks of the fins it looks like he may have been chewed on or beat up real bad...

 

[Pittbull]

well his fins are definitely shredded he also looks skinny i am surprised he still alive.. you may have to take him back so he isnt killed.. good luck on that.. but i would have to agree Johanni type..

 

[jrow8162]

Their hardy fish. I'm sure you could keep it alive..