cichlid looks like a calico cat!

[tarheels910]

mee mee- The first one is a Blotched Zebra and the second is a Blotched peacock. Nice try though.

The chances of breeding Blotched peacocks are very low. The chances of getting a pair are low and since they are hybrids they are less likey to breed. a blotched peacock is a hybrid between a zebra and a peacock.

 

[magakitty]

I looked up the ob peacock and the pix of the juveniles and the femal adults look like mine - thank you mee-mee - I think you are right

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=376

 

[mee-mee]

These are the 2 that are on Dr. Foster and Smith's web site:
Peacock Cichlid, Orange Blossom
(Aulonocara nyassae var.)
Farm Raised, USA

and this is the other one
Fuelleborni Cichlid, Orange Blossom
(Labeotropheus fuelleborni)
Farm Raised

 

[magakitty]

I know mee-mee has a good working knowledge of cichlids, and I trust her judgment. She did her research and did it well.

 

[GirlieGirl8521]

They look like OB peacocks to me, although I've never seen any in person or for sell online. Thats what I would imagine an OB peacock looking like though. They do look like full peacocks to me.

Labeotropheus fuelleborni is a Mbuna, and not what you have. Peacocks are Aulonocara.....which you have. I can't tell the sexes though, but based on the rounded anal fins that I think I see in each picture, it looks like you have females, though its hard to tell.

 

[magakitty]

Labeotropheus fuelleborni is a Mbuna, and not what you have. Peacocks are Aulonocara.....which you have. I can't tell the sexes though, but based on the rounded anal fins that I think I see in each picture, it looks like you have females, though its hard to tell.

Thank you, GirlieGirl for the validation

Unfortunately, the more I look at them the more I am sure they are two girls. Well, we will have to find a handsome prince for them! :cool2:

 

[tarheels910]

Good job GirlieGirl. Thanks for the input. As i was saying one is a Peacock and one is not. Finally someone knows a good thing about fish.

 

[mee-mee]

They look like OB peacocks to me, although I've never seen any in person or for sell online. Thats what I would imagine an OB peacock looking like though. They do look like full peacocks to me.

Labeotropheus fuelleborni is a Mbuna, and not what you have. Peacocks are Aulonocara.....which you have. I can't tell the sexes though, but based on the rounded anal fins that I think I see in each picture, it looks like you have females, though its hard to tell.

she has 2 ob peacock cichlids not one thank you GirlieGirl8521

 

[mee-mee]

orange blotch zebra cichlid

This is an orange blotch (marmalade cat) zebra cichlid looks like

Baensch (1996): Aquarium Atlas Volume 1 p 730, 6", "eats microfoods"
Konings (1990): Book Of Cichlids And All The Other Fish Of Lake Malawi p 273-277, 10 cm, sediment-free rocky habitat; Koniga goes to a great deal of trouble to justify the separation of fuelleborni and trewavasae but in the end is somewhat unconvincing since the two species can be identical in appearance when they are from different sites
Axelrod (1993): The Most Complete Colored Lexicon Of Cichlids p 229-231, 4", "always found among rocks", eats algae; Axelrod considers this fish identical with Labeo. trewavasae.
Staeck (1994): African Cichlids II p 69-71, 12cm, rubble and rocky littoral of Lake Malawi
Marmalade Cat male.​

 

[magakitty]

doesn't look anything like our fish.