What kind of Afican cichlid is this. Blue Zebra?

[vanpudin]

now larger one has black bars .
They must come and go with mood
here is another pic.

 

[mystic1]

not sure if this will help but I have included a picture of a female kenyi (deeper blue when younger) and a cobalt blue, see if yours resemble these at all.

 

[cdfishie123]

PROBLY A HYBRID

 

[DeRo316]

Id say the stripes rule out a cobalt zebra. Im thinking either female kenyi or male Metriaclima/Pseudotropheus/Melanochromis

 

[tarheels910]

Yea. Definately a Kenyi. When they get older the males will turn orange and the females will stay blue.

 

[vanpudin]

Just got pics of mom fish and babies... Tell me what u think.. Do u know what kind now?

 

[vanpudin]

Here is another pic

Yet another pic. Thanks to all who have reply... Will try to get pics from tank the female fish came from with other fish in tank.

 

[Visualeyes2]

in a tank of mixed africans they're probably mutts, but one of the parents is probably a kenyi. a female's eggs can be fertilized by more than one male in the tank. the stripes are markedly kenyi, but they are not as sharply defined and colored as a full blooded kenyi.

 

[tarheels910]

As I said earlier. Definately Kenyi. Getting those last pictures made it easy for others to see that they are Kenyi.

 

[mezzy]

Kenyi all the way