Pelvicachromis taeniatus Moliwe

[apistoworld(HK)]

Pelvicachromis taeniatus Moliwe

 

[tjudy]

Nice pictures. Are those tankraised or wild fish? The color pattern is more representative of P. taeniatus varieties from southern Cameroon, specifically the Kribi River system. The fish from Moliwe look a bit different. I will get a picture posted....

 

[tjudy]

Here are some pictures. This first is of a wild female Moliwe. Pleae note the purple color of the abdomen and the multiple ocelli present in teh dorsal and caudal fins. In my experience, the Moliwe females have always had ocelli, but the southern Cameroon females may not, or have only one or two in the dorsal.

Here is a picture of a wild male. Please note the number of ocelli in the caudal fin, the overall olive color (rather than gold/orange) and the dark/black markings in the anal and dorsal fin. The Moliwe variant seems to be a transition form (my opinion based upon color) between the southern Cameroon varieties and the Nigerian varieties of P. taeniatus.

Here is a picture of a wild pair of P. taeniatus 'Kienke', one of the Kribi River color forms. It is more like the fish in apistoworld(HK)'s excellent images.

 

[tjudy]

I forgot to add the image, and the edit was going too slow... here is that picture of the Keinke pair:

http://webpages.charter.net/tedjudy/fish images/taen_keinke_P_0_0_May22_07_001.jpg

 

[aquaticclarity]

My first impression of the photos was that the fish are P. taeniatus "Lokoundje". The female is showing the same color pattern as my wild fish do as they show off to a male. And the male also looks like the wild fish I have.

Jeff

 

[tjudy]

Apistoworld(HK)... if your fish are tank raised, there is a possibility that the male (at least) is a cross between a Kribi RIver form and a Lobe River form (both systems are in Southern Cameroon). The feature that suggests this is the bright red margin at the top of the male's caudal fin. This is a characteristic of the fish from the Lobe river, which do not have ocelli in their tails. The Kribi river fish have ocelli, but not the red margin. You male has both.

If your fish is a wild caught fish I would love to know where it came from. It is different than any wild fish I have seen.

 

[apistoworld(HK)]

double check to my record
it should be " Nange "

 

[tjudy]

Nange would make sense. That is a Kribi River variety. Beautiful fish. I do not know if you can ship down to Singapore or not, but I get a lot of requests through this website for West African fish to Singapore...

 

[apistoworld(HK)]

can be shipped to Singapore
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