What is it?

[freshwaterfishfan]

Hi all,

Any idea what this is? Suppose to be an "African cichlid"

Steve

 

[mummymonkey]

Well it's definitely a cichlid and the spot on the dorsal fin is a characteristic of many African cichlids.

It's very like the young Sarotherodon pictured on p49 of Lamboj's book.

 

[Randall]

Sarotherodon galilaeus

Hello Steve,

Well, yes it certainly is an African cichlid and a tilapine at that. The photo could depict Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus, but I'm not aware of this species being in the U.S.

All the best,

Randall Kohn

 

[freshwaterfishfan]

Thanks for the info. You figure this fish will get to 15-20 cm?
I already have a tank of O. niloticus, I don't think I need another group of potentially large growing monsters.
Steve

 

[k98]

aquabid have the same pict.

 

[retro_gk]

I want to say Tilapia zilli...

 

[retro_gk]

I think this is the fish in question. Now that I have seen the fish in person, I'm leaning towards Sarotherodon gallileus, too.