Please ID this "krib"

[mummymonkey]

Posted on another forum. Bought in Canada as a "krib".

 

[Oupsy]

Looks like A. sp Maulbruter/mouthbrooder to me.

 

[dunc]

Is that the Apisto you're referring to Oupsy?

I don't think it's an Apisto.. but the mouth looks nothing like a Pelvicachromis family fish, either.

 

[tjudy]

Looks lke it may be a type of benitochromis, but the split color in the tail is odd for that genus. Sure it is African?

 

[blueblue]

yes, it does not look like an apisto to me...
it looks very much like an African Lake M's cichlid...

 

[mummymonkey]

Looks lke it may be a type of benitochromis, but the split color in the tail is odd for that genus. Sure it is African?

I'm sorry Ted but I know nothing about its provenance other than that it was sold as P. pulcher to a chap in Alberta Canada.
Going on overall body/fin shape, I was thinking along the lines of chromidotilapia? The mouth looks small for any mouthbrooder though.

 

[tjudy]

The mouth and overall body shape are wrong for Chromidotilapia. If it is west aftrican I still lean towards a Benitochromis of some sort.

 

[Oupsy]

Is that the Apisto you're referring to Oupsy?

I don't think it's an Apisto..

I don t think it is either. just said it looked like. :tongue: :tongue: ( i have pics of maulbruter looking like mummymonkey's fish more than your picture)

Can t help with the real ID as don t know much about Kribs.

 

[KenL]

Looks like the fish that goes by the common name Egyptian Mouthbrooder, can't remember the proper name. Maybe Pseudocrenilabrus something or other.

If that store thinks it is a "krib" I would shop elsewhere in future :frown:

 

[mummymonkey]

I guess we'll never know for sure. When I first saw it my first thought was an Mbuna of some kind, perhaps a hybrid. What I'm really saying is I haven't a clue!

 

[chromis]

It looks more like an African lake cichlid to me. Nothing like a west African. more like a Paralabidochromis sp or commonly known as Rock kribs. Link below shows a female that looks very close to your fish.

http://www.african-cichlid.com/YellowRockKrib.htm

 

[LyreTail]

I think "Chromis" nailed it.