Latin names

[Tetramad]

I have seen some nice Malawis, but I can`t remember their names. do these ring a bell to anyone?: something Ahli and something Brownei or Braunei. Should have wrote them down!! thanks in advance,

Mark.

 

[keane]

Have a look on here...

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=2

you should hopefully find what you are looking for.

steve

 

[jimw13uk]

Ahli - could be Sciaenochromis ahli also known as Haplochromis big eye
or Sciaenochromis fryeri also known as Haplochromis Ahli also known as Electric Blue

Brownei/Brauni - nope cant think of that one at the mo

 

[G_Sharky]

Most common name on the LFS would be Hap ahli....very nice fish.....
here's mine....

 

[KevinB]

Haplochromis brownae...a victorian?

Kevin

 

[freddyk]

Hap fryeri is probably what you are thinking of, they are often mistakenly (or fraudulantly) sold as ahli since they're very similar. Ahli is a rare fish, and cudos if you can find it.

 

[Tetramad]

You may be right, the ones in the shop have some yellow on the tail. Still a very nice fish though, I`ll find out for definite at the weekend and let you know.

 

[Tetramad]

Its Haplochromis Brownae !! are these Malawis? the other one was also a Haplochromis but Ahli as you said. Not sure if its definitely Ahli though, as you point out it may be Fryeri. Could the untrained eye tell?

Mark.

 

[freddyk]

I would immediately assume it's fryeri, it almost always is.
Brownae is from lake Victoria, but they tend to get along fine with similar Malawi specimens.

 

[Tetramad]

Are all Haplochromis from Victoria?

 

[vantgE]

Anything non mbuna pretty much used to be calle a Haplochromis, and as a genus, they still follow that name even though they have seperate genus' I don't know if this means teh malawi haps are a subspecies, or its just a common name