He's a mbuna, but what kind??

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dizzcat
 
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He's a mbuna, but what kind??

by dizzcat

OK, so I visit a friend today and find this guy in with a bunch of Gold Fish! Ugh!! The owner tells me how mean it is, etc. So, since I have a tank of African Mbuna, I took him home and put him in the kind of tank he should be in! An African tank. All I can do is shake my head in wonder that someone would sell this guy to a gold fish owner.

So, near as I can figure out he is a Metriaclima sp. "Zebra Blue" He looks sort of like the bottom one in the profile images. I can tell by his body shape that he is probably some kind of OB Zebra, but which one? He is a mix of orange, blue, purples with stripes. He has bright orange spots all over his tail, the end of his dorsal and 4 egg spots.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... hp?id=1464

This is "Obey" He is a feisty guy! Anybody tell what he is?
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dizzcat
 
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by dizzcat

Whew! He's being rehomed today! Has all my other fish hovering up at the top and is fighting like mad with my male lab!


gumbii
 
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by gumbii

he's mixed... looks like a cynotilapia afra cross with something else...

He's a mbuna, but what kind??

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