Re: Pseudotropheus magpie - anyone come across this

have you considered that this fish might be a hybrid? The possibility is not
remote, when purchasing from an LFS. That might explain the difficulty in
identifying it.

"Spindoctor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:35:29 GMT, "Amateur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >"Spindoctor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> Earlier thsi week I posted a message about my LFS identifying a fish
> >> incorrectly that I had bought, I went back and now confirmed what it
> >> should be, which is a Pseudotropheus magpie. I cannot find out
> >> anything about this fish. Has anyone out there ever come across it?
> >>
> >> Brian
> >
> >There is no P. magpie in any of the references. There is a Metriaclima
zebra
> >that has an OB "orange blotched" pattern that is sometimes called magpie,
but
> >the mouth shape would never be confused with a Labeotropheus. If your
fish has
> >an OB pattern and the mouth is slightly underslung, but not anything like
the
> >mouth of a Labeotropheus, I'd guess your fish is Tropheops tropheops OB
or
> >Tropheops sp. "chinayamwezi" OB as pictured here.
> >http://www.amateurcichlids.com/fish/pseudo_macro.shtml
> >Good Luck with your fish.
> >AC
> >
>
> Not quite the same but not a million miles away
>
> Looks like I'm almost there
>
>
> Brian