Tilapia bakossiorum

[anakonda]

Is this it?

Hope it qualifies as dwarf cichlid, dwarf for a Tilapia anyway..
I think it came with name Tilapia bemini..

 

[tjudy]

Tilapia snyderae or Tilapia bythobates... both are endemic to Lake Bemin. Neither get large, and are definitley 'dwarf' relative to most Tilapia species. I have some young snyderae, but they are not red yet... mine are quite yellow (but the largest males are only 1.5 inches).

Very active and aggressive feeders... especially hard on plants. I have a beautiful (well it was beautiful) piece of planted drfitwood with about twenty 10 inch tall anubias stems. I thought larger and older anubias leaves would make it... nope.

 

[anakonda]

Is Lamboj's book covering these western lake cichlids? I am waiting for my copy to arrive..

 

[Mike Wise]

Is Lamboj's book covering these western lake cichlids? I am waiting for my copy to arrive..

Yes it does. The book is well worth the wait.

 

[Xanathos]

Is Lamboj's book covering these western lake cichlids? I am waiting for my copy to arrive..

Yes it does. The book is well worth the wait.

Pretty hard to find as well

Phil

 

[Randall]

Hello Anakonda,

When looking at young fish, I have a difficult time distinguishing between Tilapia bakossiorum, T. bythobates and T. snyderae, because their coloration can be similar. When fully grown, however, T. bythobates is easy to distinguish: it grows considerably larger than the other two species.

Looking at the photo, I'd say it indeed depicts Tilapia bakossiorium. Look at the enlarged lower lip with the small fringe on it. These characters, in part, distinguish T. bakossiorium from the other Tilapia species of Lake Bermin.

Lovely fish.

All the best,

Randall Kohn

 

[Mike Wise]

Pretty hard to find as well

You can always buy it directly from the publisher. Check out: http://www.schmettkamp.de/katalog/product_info.php?products_id=80

 

[anakonda]

Thanks Randall for clearing the confusion.

I found something interesting. It's the Aquarium Rio price list from 1993!!

Very interesting stuff, ie. the western Tilapias:

T. bemin -new fire red- (Bermin) ..this was my fish..? =bakossiorum
T. discolor
T. ejagham I "red chest" (Cameroon)
T. ejagham II "red green" -new-
T. guinensis
T. joka
T. ruweti

Since i was talking earlier about the subocellatus, the listed varieties were:

Lobe
Lukullu
Matadi

Never heard it's found in Lobe too..?

Btw we got P. signatus and P. rubrolabiatus months before they first appeared on pages of DATZ. I was young but enthusiastic hobbyist then and believe me those were exciting times!

 

[tjudy]

Wholesale price lists historically mess up all kinds of names. I suspect that the 'lobe' on the list was actually a taeniatus.

P. rubrolabiatus and P. signatus have been around for quite a while as P. humilis 'guinae 1' and 'guinae 2'. The names are new... not the fish.