Malawi Peacocks and Haps in SG LFS.
 

hello guys,

i have been keeping african cichlids for almost 4 years now.
i am thinking of doing a compilation of Malawi peacocks and haps which can be commonly found in SG LFS. please feel free to add any fish if i have missed out.

cheers!

let me start off with peacocks

Aulonocara baenschi

http://img.tootoo.com/mytootoo/uploa...64fdd285b4.jpg

Aulonocara "German Red"

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3...ermanRed-1.jpg

Aulonocara jacobfreibergi "Eureka" - Less commonly seen in SG LFS

http://www.bigskycichlids.com/images...rgi_eureka.jpg

now we will see some malawi haps. malawi haps generally grows larger than peacocks.

Copadichromis borleyi - this fish grows big 8inch. make up you have a big tank 4footer and up.

http://www.malawi-dream.info/Images/...2w5%20male.jpg

Placidochromis electra

http://www.africa-acuario.com/Placid...%20electra.jpg

Protomelas sp. "Steveni Taiwan" (Taiwan Reef) - most of these sold in SG LFS are infact hybrids. pure taiwan reef have red anal fins and white dorsal blaze. hybrids have yellow anal fins and some yellow on dorsal. if you are lucky you can still find the pure ones. good luck ;)

http://www.kim-jakobsen.dk/Freshwate...an20070101.jpg

Protomelas taeniolatus (Red) - these are big fish growing to 9inch. they are actually quite rare here in SG LFS. only see them once in a while.

http://www.aqua-zeeland.nl/files/212...red_empres.jpg

Sciaenochromis fryeri - the most commonly seen hap in SG LFS ;)

http://www.malawi-dream.info/Images/....32%20male.jpg

Astatotilapia latifasciata - this is not a malawi but from africa lake victoria. :rolleyes: they are quite rare in SG LFS too.

http://my-fish.org/wp-content/upload...sciata-M2b.jpg

hello guys

i hope these pictures will be helpful to those bros keeping malawi cichlids, to help identify them. because SG LFS did not even know the proper names for malawi.
there are a lot of hybrids on the SG LFS market. those like OB, albino, pink peacocks.
there is nothing wrong keeping hybrids. but i rather prefer cichlids with proper name and orginal colors. cheers!