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):

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