From: "Monica H" <ninita@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Any good sites for identifying unknown fish? Date:
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:43:24 +0000
Good morning, Yesterday I acquired 5 unknown species of African cichlids.
They were given to me by a friend of a friend who just wanted to get rid of
them. They came with the tank she got for free, and she wanted to use it
for angels. They are beautiful, and fairly large. I met her in Bothell to
pick them up, and she had them in a small plastic clear container, and half
the water leaked out so they were covered in water half way. I ran into
safeway, got 2 gallons of water and the only type of water
conditioner/treatment they had. Luckily I had a deeper and dark plastic
container in my car from moving some fish before, so transferred them to
this with more water, then rushed home. They all made it.
I am not certain what they are though. I know they are all from Lake
Malawi, I believe 3 are mbuna type, but I think 2 could be a haps or
peacocks. I am fairly certain one is a female yellow labidochromis, except
she's a little thicker than my others and has a slightly different shaped
head. I believe one pseudotropheus demasoni, I think one is Labidochromis
sp. (yellow top mbana), but the other two I am not sure, they have blue and
yellow, and look like Aulonocara sp. (bicolor peacock), Aulonocara sp.
"Usisya" (Usisya flavescent Peacock), or Nimbochromis venustus (Hap
Venustus). They could even be something else.
Does anyone have any good sites or book recommendations for identifying
Lake Malawi Cichlids? Thanks so much!
Monica
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