can somebody ID this pelvichromis he came in on wild krib shipment

[Aquatopia]

Cool little guy but have no idea what he is.

 

[aquaticclarity]

Pelvicachromis taeniatus "Nigerian Yellow"

That used to be a pretty common site even as recently as the 1990's. But over the past 10 or so years I've been seeing less and less by-catch being sent with Pelvicachromis pulcher. Wild P. pulcher have become harder to come by for that matter!

 

[viejo]

I used to pick them out of WC sacrimontis from importers tanks back in the 70's.

 

[Fats]

Hi,i would say Pelvicachromis taeniatus "Nigerian Yellow" aswell. Lovely fish.

Ian

 

[Aquatopia]

I have to get a better picture- I thought pelvachromis yellow but he has a red eyebrow if you look close and somewhere on this site I saw the same fish but can't find it now!

 

[Aquatopia]

here's a better shot- wish I had a female

 

[aquaticclarity]

Still P. taeniatus "Nigerian Yellow"

 

[Aquatopia]

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here's a better shot- wish I had a female

Ohh wait, I think I found that female in another tank that I selected for breeding with a regular kribensis!

 

[tjudy]

Just to be contrary... I say P. t. 'Nigeria Green'.......

 

[aquaticclarity]

Just to be contrary... I say P. t. 'Nigeria Green'.......

Damn the color blind and their opinions! LOL

 

[viejo]

I always figgered that the difference between 'green' & 'yellow' was a dietary / environmental thing which is most likely the case with a number of color morphs :wink:.

 

[Aquatopia]

I will say that the wild Kribs I got in have a really bright yellowish green color on their gill plates compared to cb

 

[Lotsapetsgarfhts]

Those "kribs" might be P. sacrimontis which have really green gill covers and as another poster commented on how he used to pick them out of shipments of wild P. sacrimontis. I did as well and the fish were sent to us as wild kribensis. You may have gottne some very nice fish as sacrimontis are much nicer than P. pulcher the "kribensis".

 

[tjudy]

The fish is definitely P. taeniatus from Nigeria. The cheek will define color. I have had both green and yellow, and they both bred true. Yellows have more yellow in other parts of the body and fins, but the greens are pretty much a yellow-less fish (males) with a green cheek. Females are hard (if not impossible) to tell apart.

 

[Aquatopia]

Judging from the pictures of P.sacrimontis - I'm pretty sure that many of fish on that order are them instead of Kribensis though I'm also pretty sure that few people aorund here would know the difference. It's nice because I already spawned and am raising about a hundred of them -quite beautiful fish!

 

[Lotsapetsgarfhts]

The sacrimontis get much more colorful in my opinion, I have a pair with a spawn and 3 extra females that I had to remove the parents would have killed them for sure. I would love to get a few more males to pair up the extra females.

 

[AndySch]

Hi,

i agree, P. taeniatus nigeria yellow, might be "Rotwange", the other fishes are all P. Pulcher, i dont have seen P. sacrimontis on your pictures.