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Placidochromis Electra "superior" ???

Started by cichlid4lyf, Nov 05 2010 03:58 PM

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#21 hareysfish

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Posted 14 November 2010 - 01:42 PM

mate ive sent a few pics to Josh "HOOD " via a camera phone ( so they wont turn out the best) and he said he would kindly put them up for me .

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#22 Hood

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 05:31 PM

Here you go Scott:

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#23 hareysfish

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Posted 17 November 2010 - 03:29 PM

Thanks " HOOD " for putting up the pics for me, so hopefully i might be able to get a positive I.D. on these as well . i was sold them as Placidchromis sp. " Chilimba bays" and look pretty much like the fish in the top pics which seen to be a diferent sub specie. I'll try and get some better pics tomorrow.

cheers scott

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#24 Hood

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Posted 18 November 2010 - 05:39 PM

Here is another pic Scott sent me today, I hope this helps more with the I.D.

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#25 cichlid4lyf

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Posted 18 November 2010 - 06:42 PM

yeh it looks quite similar to the placidochromis mbamba.

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#26 hareysfish

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Posted 19 November 2010 - 09:16 AM

thanks mate, maybe he might be a mbamba , instead of a chilimba bay.

cheers scott

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#27 Hood

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Posted 21 November 2010 - 09:58 PM

If you check the big sky cichlids page they list:

Placidochromis sp. "electra superior" male 85 mm TL

Lake Malawi Map

Note: possible variant of P. electra

Distribution: Deepwater habitat of Mandalawi located offshore of Mbamba Bay, Tanzania; perhaps also in Mbamba Bay (see Konings 2001).

Maximum Size: ~125 mm (5.0 in)

Maturity: ~75 mm (3.0 in)

Food: Omnivore; mix of dry and frozen (or live) foods

Reference: Konings (1995, 2001) -listed as P. sp. "mbamba"