Name the types

[LeviathanGirl]

Ok.. These are all the pelvicachromis species I could find. Theres no way this can be all of them. Can anyone name the types I missed or correct anything I misnamed? I'm going nuts trying to put together this list. I havent been able to find a complete list, so I thought I'd do my own and now I'm going to go insane till I get it right. LOL

p. pulcher
red
yellow

p. taeniatus
Bandiwouri
Bipindi
Calabar
Dehane
Kienke
Lobe
Lobe Red
Lokoundje
Makoure
Moliwe
Muyuka
Nange
Ndonga
Nigeria Green
Nigeria Red
Nigeria Yellow
Nyete
Wouri

p. subocellatus
Moanda

p. humilis
Dinkaya
Friya
Kasewe
Kenema
Kislissi
Liberia-Red
Mamuya Ferry

p. roloffi
p. rubrolabiatus
p. sacromontis
p. signatus
p. sp. bluefin

 

[ed seeley]

You need to add P.subocellatus 'Matadi' too!
And P.sacrimontis 'Green', 'Red' and 'Yellow' morphs.
P.taeniatus 'Dja' and 'Red Cheek' are listed by Lamboj, in 'The Cichlid Fishes of West Africa'.

There are albino pulcher, if you want to add such mutations?
Lamboj also lists a blue morph (pg.180) and wild collections from Isokpo in Nigeria and Ndonga in Cameroon, but if you list all the localities you would be here for ever!

There's also P.sp.aff.subocellatus!

 

[tjudy]

My desktop crashed last week adn I am still trying to retreive all the files. When I do one of the first pages I will post is an updated list of Pelvicachromis in the species profiles section.

Ed mentioned a few additions. Tow P. pulcher I would include are 'Ndonga' and 'Iksapo'.

P. taeniatus 'Calabar' is likely a tank strain of fish created from a cross between Lobe and Kribi River systems (that is a personal opinion based upon trying to find references fro collections alooking at images of the fish). P. t. Nigeria Red is definitely a tank strain. Lamboj includes a Lobe: Grange Batange' which might be the same as Lobe Red. P. t. Kienke and Nange are the same fish, collected in teh same place, and given different names by different collectors. Kienke was first so it is the name used now.

Some more P. humilis are Guinea Red, Boffa and the new one 'Killi River' (wherever the heck that is). THe Killi River is a unique form though. The females show a lot of vertical barring.

The most common P. roloffi in the hobby right now is 'Kolente'.

 

[Mike Wise]

Has the old "Yellow Krib", Pv. sp. aff. subocellatus, been mentioned. Nice fish & very prolific. I haven't seen them for quite a while.

 

[tjudy]

I have some... thanks to Freshwaterfishfan... and they are spawning!

 

[ed seeley]

Has the old "Yellow Krib", Pv. sp. aff. subocellatus, been mentioned. Nice fish & very prolific. I haven't seen them for quite a while.

I got that in my post!!!! :wink: ^^^

 

[LeviathanGirl]

I cant find info on p. sp. aff. subocellatus(in english), or photos anywhere on the net... Can anyone give me some info like collection local, defining features, ext? Currently the net is my only resource for things due to lack of transportation atm.

 

[ed seeley]

Ok this is all based on information and pictures from Lamboj:
Found in the Niger system around Lagos.
It's colouration is basically yellowish muted version of P.subocellatus. Females don't show the black patches in any picture I've seen.
There are apparently a number of different variations on the basic colouration that may represent different forms, or just one variable one.

Found this on the web; http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/species.php?s=123
And it list a certain T.Judy as the species co-ordinator....

 

[tjudy]

THink that the sp. aff. subocellatus males are more colorful than P. subocellatus. here is the male I have that is breeding. Free swimming fry yesterday. Small spawn... only about 15 fry, but these fish are only about 1 inch long!

 

[LeviathanGirl]

He's really pretty! and thats small for a pelvica. They kinda young or is that full size?

 

[tjudy]

Still young I suspect. I have gotten them in before at 2.5".