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Posted 12 March 2005 - 05:01 PM (#1) User is offline   acestro 

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Starting anew because we went through 10 pages on the last thread!

Here's fishguyeric's pic.

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Posted 13 March 2005 - 03:11 AM (#2) User is offline   Kory 

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Its the blur

Posted 13 March 2005 - 08:56 AM (#3) User is offline   Fruitbat 

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I believe that is one of the Pelvicachromis species of West African river cichlids....possibly Pelvicachromis subocellatus or Pelvicachromis sp.aff. subocellatus. They're often tough to nail down to the species level.

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I thought it had a 'krib' type look. Any better pics yet?

Posted 13 March 2005 - 09:26 PM (#5) User is offline   fishguyeric 

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You are sort of close...west african...no better pics yet

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Posted 13 March 2005 - 09:43 PM (#6) User is offline   Fruitbat 

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Pelvicachromis taeniatus, perhaps??

Posted 14 March 2005 - 06:38 AM (#7) User is offline   fishguyeric 

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nope...but not too far off...wrong genus...but close

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Over 100 species in West Africa! My guess is Nanochromis dimidiatus.

Posted 14 March 2005 - 08:40 PM (#9) User is offline   fishguyeric 

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no...but much closer...

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:nod: Okay, still looking.... hopefully I got someone else on the right path...

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looks plain obvious to me....
Its def. just a common psuedohuthafuk carsesis to me.....:p JK.....i just say looks kind of like a crib but doesnt smell like one.

Posted 15 March 2005 - 01:44 PM (#12) User is offline   piranha45 

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Yes I too have noticed the actual scent of pelvichromis varies from specie to specie.

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Posted 15 March 2005 - 06:49 PM (#13) User is offline   fishguyeric 

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Ok...keep guessing...but I am going to st loius for awhile and dont think I will have any internet access so on sunday i will check your guesses.

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fishguyeric, on Mar 15 2005, 11:49 PM, said:

Ok...keep guessing...but I am going to st loius for awhile and dont think I will have any internet access so on sunday i will check your guesses.
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You're leaving us with two blurry pics and no hints?!?! That sux...

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Posted 16 March 2005 - 06:41 AM (#16) User is offline   fishguyeric 

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those fish boh indicate that this fish has no color whatsoever besides gray...I can't think of any other west african cichlid like this...It is kind of a rare one...but you were pretty close with you nanocromis guess...even though that is not the correct genus.

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fishguyeric, on Mar 16 2005, 11:41 AM, said:

those fish boh indicate that this fish has no color whatsoever besides gray...I can't think of any other west african cichlid like this...It is kind of a rare one...but you were pretty close with you nanocromis guess...even though that is not the correct genus.
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Oops, I thought you were still gone, I'll take down the new pic. Maybe one more hint or pic?

Posted 17 March 2005 - 12:06 PM (#18) User is offline   Fruitbat 

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Hmmmmm.....NOT a Pelvicachromis, eh? Didn't think it was a Nanochromis and it sure as hell doesn't look like a Hemichromis. Perhaps a very off-color Benitochromis nigrodorsalis?? I considered Anomalochromis thomasi but your fish lacks certain diagnostic characters of that taxon.

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Posted 20 March 2005 - 05:27 PM (#19) User is offline   fishguyeric 

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i think you just guessed every genus in west africa except for the one this is...

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fishguyeric, on Mar 20 2005, 10:27 PM, said:

i think you just guessed every genus in west africa except for the one this is...
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:laugh:

Parananochromis? :bowdown:

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