Misplaced photo in taeniatus profile?

[Azur]

I was just looking at the Pelvicachromis taeniatus profile, and can't help but feel that the first photo of the Moliwe race does not look much like the other Moliwe, but is a dead ringer for Dehane.

Is the photo misplaced or is the natural variation within the races that great that there is overlap?

 

[ste12000]

The picture of 'Moliwe' in question looks right to me.
I have variants that were bought as 'Moliwe', 'Bipindi' and 'Nigerian Red'..

This is my fish that were bought as 'Moliwe'

Apart from different lighting on the two pics, mine are very similar to Teds
1st picture..

 

[Azur]

OK, I believe you.
FWIW, the differences I'm seeing are:
Red streak on the cheek vs solid yellow.
Presence vs absence of a black spot on the gill cover.
Red dorsal trim to the caudal fin vs blue trim.
Spots in caudal do not reach edge of fin vs spots in caudal reaches edge of fin.
Possibly also red tips in dorsal fin vs white tips.

 

[tjudy]

The images are correctly identified. Moliwe does have a red/orange cheek like Dehane, but unlike Dehane the Moliwe cheek has yellow irridescent bars above and below it. The tail pattern in the the two are very different also. The Moliwe has a darker, not quite black, margin on the lower half of the caudal fin. The caudl spots are different too. Dehane (and others types from the Kribi River) generally have fewer spots that are larger and bordered by a lighter or clear ring (like a true ocelli). Moliwe spots are greater in number, smaller and solid black on a field of yellow (without the ring arouns them).

There are always exceptions to the 'rules' however, and the species is highly variable even within populations.