Need help identifying Pelvicachromis teaniatus variant

[Fish Fanatic34]

Need help identifying what variant these are?

 

[GaryE]

If they are taeniatus, there are only two types in the hobby where I am - red and green.

If they are Pelvicachromis kribensis (NOT the hobby krib, which is pulcher) they are too stressed to tell. None of the identifying features are 'lit up'.

 

[Back in the fold]

I read an article on Pelvicachromis in TFH recently and it stated that the “brains” have a tough time identifying them . So good luck .

 

[GaryE]

People here may know this already, but Dr Anton Lamboj took a look at all the Pelvicachromis a few years ago, and found out that the taeniatus in Cameroon were actually P. kribensis. The hobby krib has long been known to be P pulcher - someone screwed up naming an import early in the last century, and the wrong names stuck.
P. taeniatus are the not very popular Nigerian ones, and the most popular, the red, may be a linebred, unnatural form.
I was breeding "taeniatus" at the time, and once I used the correct name, kribensis, no one bought them anymore because they thought I was breeding common pulcher. Grrrr.
There are also P silviae, P sacrimontis yellow and red, roloffi and subocellatus.
The northern, larger, mean ones never seemed close to Pelvicachromis to me, and they were put in Wallaceochromis.

It's a mess, and is a source of confusion. As we learn more, we have to adapt, and most aquarists adapt slowly.

 

[Fish Fanatic34]

People here may know this already, but Dr Anton Lamboj took a look at all the Pelvicachromis a few years ago, and found out that the taeniatus in Cameroon were actually P. kribensis. The hobby krib has long been known to be P pulcher - someone screwed up naming an import early in the last century, and the wrong names stuck.
P. taeniatus are the not very popular Nigerian ones, and the most popular, the red, may be a linebred, unnatural form.
I was breeding "taeniatus" at the time, and once I used the correct name, kribensis, no one bought them anymore because they thought I was breeding common pulcher. Grrrr.
There are also P silviae, P sacrimontis yellow and red, roloffi and subocellatus.
The northern, larger, mean ones never seemed close to Pelvicachromis to me, and they were put in Wallaceochromis.

It's a mess, and is a source of confusion. As we learn more, we have to adapt, and most aquarists adapt slowly.

Here in Australia the 2 most common variants are Moliwe and Bandiwanri

 

[Mr Limpet]

I’d say they’re the Nigeria yellow form of P. taeniatus.

 

[Back in the fold]

People here may know this already, but Dr Anton Lamboj took a look at all the Pelvicachromis a few years ago, and found out that the taeniatus in Cameroon were actually P. kribensis. The hobby krib has long been known to be P pulcher - someone screwed up naming an import early in the last century, and the wrong names stuck.
P. taeniatus are the not very popular Nigerian ones, and the most popular, the red, may be a linebred, unnatural form.
I was breeding "taeniatus" at the time, and once I used the correct name, kribensis, no one bought them anymore because they thought I was breeding common pulcher. Grrrr.
There are also P silviae, P sacrimontis yellow and red, roloffi and subocellatus.
The northern, larger, mean ones never seemed close to Pelvicachromis to me, and they were put in Wallaceochromis.

It's a mess, and is a source of confusion. As we learn more, we have to adapt, and most aquarists adapt slowly.

All of that is exactly what I read in TFH . One other thing , if I’m not mistaken , is that not all of the Pelvicachromis are native to soft acidic waters . Some are hard alkaline water fish . They come from a big geographical area .