peanut2110 Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Hi there, anyone know anything about these particular fish i.e. what strain they are? They are a good price so I am picking they were locally bred rather than imported. I understand there are a few variations (yellow crest, red crest etc) but the person I spoke to at HFF didn't know which these guys were or what colour they would ultimately end up. They are only 4-5cm at present and not showing much colour but there is a yellow blaze on the dorsal fin apparently if that helps with identification... Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 If the fish came in with no particular variant then they don't have one.. There are some on the list at the moment, the ones that came in a year or so ago looked most like these ones.. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... hp?id=2293 Guess all you can do is buy them and grow them out see what one they turn into.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 i saw some pretty good ones around auckland a whle ago, the full yellow nape and thumbi west ones have come in before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 As Ryan said, they are just what they are. Same as here in Aussie, we only have Otopharynx lithobates. They are the yellow blaze ones, but the name mentioned is all that we can call them. The joys old old lineage cichlids. They find a new fish call it a name, thats it. Sometimes they found the same fish in other bays, but because so similar left them as is. As classifications got better, notice small differences, colour, teeth etc, they now have variants. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanut2110 Posted September 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Thanks for all the input! I decided to take the plunge and got a good friend of mine in Auckland to go and pick one up for me late this afternoon as they were disappearing fast! We'll have to wait and see what we end up with - I'm not even sure at this stage we successfully managed to get a male! I am hoping it will be the yellow crested variety like those you get in Oz Frenchy as I think they are awesome but even if it isn't, I am sure I will love it anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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