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Fish talk => General Aquarium Discussion => Topic started by: red on February 10, 2006, 05:08:44 PM

Title: ID This Fish For Me Please
Post by: red on February 10, 2006, 05:08:44 PM
hi all.

just like too know what this fish is.


[img:95815f8316]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d199/redadder/1DSC00278.jpg[/img:95815f8316]

[img:95815f8316]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d199/redadder/2DSC00286.jpg[/img:95815f8316]


cheer's red
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Post by: africanman79 on February 10, 2006, 05:13:37 PM
Female red empress
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Post by: red on February 10, 2006, 05:18:17 PM
thanks pete.



cheer's red
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Post by: wrk21 on February 10, 2006, 05:18:55 PM
yep, thats what it looks like to me.......
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Post by: red on February 10, 2006, 05:32:30 PM
thank's wayne.


cheer's red
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Post by: Hypancistrus Zebra on February 11, 2006, 02:44:15 AM
Me three!!!
Title: id fish
Post by: hareysfish on February 11, 2006, 10:27:54 AM
id say a female peacock of some sort
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Post by: africanman79 on February 11, 2006, 10:44:53 AM
No way female peacocks are brown striped not silver
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Post by: wrk21 on February 11, 2006, 11:38:08 AM
and look at the markings in the tail!!!!!
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Post by: gasnitro on February 11, 2006, 10:41:14 PM
it is not a Red Empress they have horizontal lines not verdical
this is what a girl empress looks like
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/p_taeniolatus.php
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Post by: africanman79 on February 11, 2006, 11:11:56 PM
If you have a close look at the second pic you can see faint horizontal lines which tend to come & go as they get bigger depending on mood as this fish about 10cm.
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Post by: on February 11, 2006, 11:17:19 PM
My first thought was large female electric blue.
Title: id fish
Post by: hareysfish on February 12, 2006, 10:25:09 AM
firstly not all female peacocks are brown ,secondly, some female peacocks have the same markings in their tails as well. its not a female electric blue as its to high and a diferent shaped head to the elec blue.id still say a female peacock of some sort
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Post by: LordFlashHeart on February 12, 2006, 11:05:12 AM
Looks like a Protomales could be red empress.. they all have vertical as well as horizontal bars depending on mood they can show either or both. The Jaw isn't right for peacock, the mouth is too high up the face.
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Post by: merjo on February 12, 2006, 11:16:12 AM
Could be [i:f0bd0ef806]Copadichromis[/i:f0bd0ef806] sp. female. I agree that it doesn't look like a red empress.

Andrea :)
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Post by: Davies da fishman on February 12, 2006, 11:38:09 PM
it's definately a Protomelas, you can tell by its shape and markings. i agree with africanman, the lines do fade with age and mood.

its not a peacock (Aulonacara spp.) as you cannot see the pit-like marks on the lower jaw (Aulonacara in latin means flute-face). these would be visible if it was.

its not a Copadichromis spp., coz it is the wrong shape, too long in the face.

as to what sort of protomelas, i take a guess at either Red Empress or Fire Blue, as both look exactly the same as that fish. as to which one, i have no idea, they are too similar, i would have to get it in my hand to tell.

but it is definately a Protomelas spp.

Matt
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Post by: gasnitro on February 13, 2006, 11:04:14 PM
maybe its one of those new breeds you know those x ones :lol:
really if i seen red empress with bars going down then it would not be for me.  :) and without a positive id i would not reconmend ever breeding with it just put it in a display tank for that Bream look :lol: .
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