WTB: C. guentheri guntheri or guntheri loennbergii

[lonlangione]

Hello,

Any help would be appreciated. I see the kingsleyii that Ted has listed on Aquabid, but I really don't have the room for them. I am really trying to stay with smaller fish.

Thanks,

Lonny

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[tjudy]

Hi Lonny,

Adult C. guentheri grow larger than C. kingsleyae. The big difference is that the guentheri will usually mature at a smaller size and are not as aggressive (though I have had some very mean Gunther's before). C. guentheri, C. regani and C. cavaliensis are probably the only 'true' Chromidotilapia. The genus used to include all the fish that are now Benitochromis. There is a morphologic argument for separating those three from all the other species (which happen to all live in Gabon). I have two of them (C. kingsleyae and C. melaniae), and they differ from the C. guentheri in body shape, color patterns and aggressiveness. The fry/juveniles of guentheri, regani and cavaliensis also have the first three spines on their dorsal fins black until they mature. The others do not.

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Hi Lonny,

I have three mated, adult (yet young) pairs of guntheri loennbergii, and would be willing to pass one pair on to you. Send me a Pm, if interested. I do not mind shipping fish, but the temps are supposed to crash from the mid 50s to below freezing tomorrow. If you are interested, i can hold a pair for until spring.

Janos

 

[lonlangione]

As usual, thanks for the info Ted. I had a fish back in the eighties called guentheri. They never got any bigger than about 5 inches that I remember, of course that was 30 years ago........Janos, PM sent.

 

[tjudy]

Oops.... I made a mistake in my earlier statement. C. kingsleyae is the type species of the genus, so there is a change that the C. guentheri/regani/cavaliensis may some day be separated into a different genus... not the other way around.