Can someone tell me what this is?
I got him in a bag that was labeled "assorted African Cichlids" at the Shop my wife works at. The fish were all under an inch long and She had no listing of what was in the bag. When i bought it i thought it was a Red Zebra but now i am thinking not likely.
This fish is now about 2 inches long. Its the peach colored one. I'm liking the Iridescent glow in its scales. Tres Bien!

It looks like an Psuedo. OB with a pigment problem. Giggly Could you get a better shot of the head?

Here we go.

Met. Estherae come in a lot of different shades and they can get that iridescent shine. They also end up in those "mixed African" tanks a lot and because of the color differences end up getting hybridized.

Sorry to use the dreaded H word but that's what I thought about when I saw your nicely opalescent cichlid!

Later Edit: Compared to my Estherae and that forehead recedes at a sharper angle than his does -- could that be some Socolofi in him?

Don

I was afraid it was hybrid and that would explain why I never found any pics like it on the web.
Tonight i will try to get some better pics of the others in the tank. I'm afraid i may have a few more hybrids or poor genetics in some of the yellow labs.
Thanks for the quick responses. the Clap

Here's another fish i would like some help with. It does not look look any of the other Yellow Labs i own and was shipped to the store in a bag of 10 "Electric Yellow Princes".
Not knowing much about them i thought it was a female cause of the color. But after reading the only way to sex these guys was to vent them I am starting to wonder what it is now. :blink: Could it be hybrid too?

Ya that "yellow lab" doesn't look right to me either. People have been selling hybrids as "all yellows".