Help identifying peacocks

[DeRo316]

I got these out of a community peacock tank and forgot to get the names of these 2:
#1

#2

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

#1: Aulonocara jacobfreibergi "otter point"

#2: Aulonocara hybrid-us


-Diana

 

[DeRo316]

Thanks Diana

 

[DeRo316]

Diana, any chance you can help me with this one? I think it might be another hybrid.

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

That one is not a peacock/Aulonocara, it looks to be a Copadichromis azureus:

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=55



-Diana

 

[DeRo316]

His colors aren't nearly that good but the teal/blue face in the first pic looks like him. The spots and stripes are right on though.

I spent a while just looking through pics to figure him out but I guess its not always going to look exactly the same.

Thanks Diane you're the best!!

 

[nanahachi]

wow, D's good!

very pretty peacocks, btw. I definitely will have to pair some with my forthcoming yellow labs.

 

[DeRo316]

Thanks! Yea my lab goes great with my peacocks. I picked him out along with my other 4 large peacocks from a 140gal tank with 80 or so cichlids. It was the personal tank of my LFS owner. My other 4 are juvies that I bought at his store.

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

The colors on the azureus are normally not nearly as good as in the MM profiles.... and most often they look just like yours does. Ours hardly every colored up and it was usually just his face that was the super nice shiny blue. His three "spots" are a dead give-away that its a Copadichromis species.


-Diana

 

[DeRo316]

Thanks, thats good to know. At least now I don't have to keep worrying that Im doing something wrong.