"Dirty" electric yellow-lab cichlid

Yes, the top one IS NOT a Kenyi/Lombardoi. It appears possibly to be a male Saulosi before his color change, or most likely a hybrid.

The second fish is in fact a Daktari. Im not sure if it is a purebreed though, because the black lines are small.
 
tarheels910 said:
Yes, the top one IS NOT a Kenyi/Lombardoi. It appears possibly to be a male Saulosi before his color change, or most likely a hybrid.

The second fish is in fact a Daktari. Im not sure if it is a purebreed though, because the black lines are small.
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I still need to get you an up to date pic of my taiwan reef!
 
tarheels910 said:
Yes you do! I dont know if I shared it with anyone on this forum, but I managed to come along a pair myself. They are about and inch and the male is already starting to show some blue.
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I think mine is a male also as he is showing some blue around this head and a nice red colouring to the tips of his fins, good little grazer to constanly nibbling at algae on the rocks
 
tarheels910 said:
Yes, the top one IS NOT a Kenyi/Lombardoi. It appears possibly to be a male Saulosi before his color change, or most likely a hybrid.
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Thats what I thought when I first saw the pic.....probably juvenile Saulosi before color change....or a hybrid.

The bars are probably because of stress if the other fish is being more aggressive...
 
Well... it looked like a Kenyi to me, lol. But more than likely a hybrid (especially for the price of the assorted mbuna tank at your LFS). However he is already displaying the egg spots and male Saulosi's are blue in color... who knows.

Anyway, I did jump onto this link because of the fact that my electric yellow lab's face turns blackish at times (mostly at night when it's asleep) and i was wondering if that's normal. Anyone know?

He is the runt of the litter however as his mouth opening is moreso on the right side of his face which makes him look like Popeye (the cartoon not the disease). Either way i bought him for my semi-aggressive tank since i didn't think he'd do too well with too many other cichlids (especially larger ones or an overstocked tank) and he's been alive and happy for over a year now. Maybe the black face is also part of some genetic defect as well. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this in their yellow labs.
 
Some yellow labs will display darker pigmentation patterns, either on the face (mostly the males, sometimees resembling a '5-o'clock shadow') or long the body in the form of stress bars. These should be temporary if/when they appear. May be a quality issue if it becomes a permanent pattern. Not quite sure if wild caughts ever display this trait.
 
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