Just plain old P Pulcher or what?

[Jayhawk]

These guys may well be just plain on P. pulcher of the aquarium trade variety, but they're rather colorful - especially the male. Sorry for the cheap camera pictures, but they're the best I can do:

Male: http://www.geocities.com/[email protected]/Male_P_pulcher.jpg

Female: http://www.geocities.com/[email protected]/Female_P_pulcher.jpg

So what do you all think?

Eric

 

[Randall]

Pelvicachromis pulcher

Hello Eric,

They look like Pelvicachromis pulcher to me.

All the best,

Randall Kohn

 

[tjudy]

P. pulcher... nice ones. I am of the opinion that this is the best aquarium fish ever discovered. But I might be biased.

 

[Jayhawk]

Thanks guys. I orginally thought they might be the Ndonga variety, but by the time I posted the pic I was pretty sure they were nicely colored plain old P. pulcher. Looking through the Cichlids from West Africa book it can be hard to figure which species is which...for example the sacrimontis look so similar in the book (although I think they're labelled differently) to regular pulchers.

I'm glad you think they're pretty ones...I thought so to. I can't stop watching these two (I don't think I've ever seen such a doting pair of fish) - I'd agree they're just about the most perfect aquarium fish ever found.

Eric