Golden Malawi

[leongreenway]

Hello,

The LFS has a fish they call a Golden Malawi, but I have looked it up on Google and cannot find them, can anyone shed any light please.

Leon

 

[Ferris]

The only Malawi i can think of that might be called that is Melanochromis Auratus. Check out this link and see if it matches:

LINK

 

[freddyk]

I believe it might be the Melanochromis Auratus. Do a search on it and see if you recognize it. If so: Proceed with caution, these guys are nasty little buggers.

 

[leongreenway]

Ferris,


You are usually spot on, however on this occassion this is not the beast in question.
Any other suggestions??

 

[leongreenway]

This Cichlid was pure oranged

 

[gixer]

how about maylandia estherae (red zebra)?

 

[Ferris]

If it's orange, i can only guess it is an estherae although i've never heard it called a Golden Malawi before (which makes absolutely no sense if this ID is correct and i think the LFS just made it up )

 

[leongreenway]

Hell,

This does look simular, but the nose is longer. Any other ideas please.
How ya doin Ferris ?

 

[Ferris]

Good thanks,

Another thought is the lemon cichlid (Neolamprologus leleupi ) from Lake Tanganyika. Check this out:

LINK

 

[leongreenway]

still not I'm afraid Ferris mate, he's a cool looking fish though, hmmm.

I am thinking of doing an african community tank. One of these looks good.
Along with a few your Avatar fish and my Black Clavus.


any other ideas about the fish, the nose isnt quite this long.

 

[Ferris]

Is it bright orange like the estherae or more yellow? Is it a single solid colour or are there any stripes/markings?

Got to get this now, its bugging me!

 

[Ferris]

Bit of a wild stab but what about this Aulononcara?

LINK

 

[leongreenway]

Dude, its yellowy organge. It is all one colour, there are no stripes or spots on it at all, it is slightly lighter on the belly.

 

[sylvia]

All the fish already suggested seemed like realy plausible candidates but, as you say they aren't the fish you saw, are you sure it wasn't just a yellow lab?

What about pseudotropheus/maylandia lombardoi/kennyi (very similar to m. estherae)? They are often called 'golden zebras' and they do live in lake malawi so I thought maybe that's where they got the name. The males have the yellow coloring which varies from a pretty dark orange to a paler lemon yellow. Sometimes males will also show stripes (depending on mood). Females are blue with dark vertical stripes and may go yellow as they age. I tried to find some pics on google but I'll admit they aren't the best in the world.
http/rkdzines.com/cichlidcellar/photogal...bardoi_male.jpg
http/photodim.ru/img/photo/akvariumistik.../thumb/13_p.jpg
http/badmanstropicalfish.com/rift_valley.../lombardoi1.jpg
http/www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/mbuna_kenyi.jpg

One last suggestion - melanochromis auratus - the albino morph. The horizontal stripes are sometimes visible but occasionaly the fish is solid colored. The eyes are pink/red: http/www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/aura...albino_w270.jpg

It wasn't a yellow chromide right? They aren't exactly golden malawis but just in case...

 

[reg2k2]

Try Melanochromis johanni....female.

Pretty sure this was the result I got in a prev. search.