Looks amazing! But what is it?

Browsing on craigslist and came across the WFB ad on there and there was this picture posted. I LOVE the colors in this fish. Can someone ID it for me?!

(blue and black fish)
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I'm not positive, but it looks like Pseudotropheus sp. "elongatus chewere". That's the only one I can think of with those markings, but I'm not an expert by any stretch!

Any input is better than none. Thanks Betty! I'll look it up!

I'm pretty sure you are right Betty. They look VERY similar!!

That is a beautiful species! I've never kept them, but maybe one of these days....

They are nice. I'm going to show them to my boyfriend tonight and see what he thinks about them.

I second betty on it being Pseudotropheus sp. "elongatus chewere"... Definatly one of the beautiful Pseudotropheus species..

I agree Doza, I went and looked further and googled it. I agree that's what it is. The pictures I found on google have ALOT more color than what this one did. But still look great!

A lot of the advertised pictures on many sites look alot better than pictures most of us can tank...
Thats how they sell their fish lol.. Even though i have to say there have been some great pictures on our picture contests..

I agree!!! And of course they have the better looking fish to get you to buy them lol isn't everything like that in society for purchasing things?

LOL shorty, believe it or not, I was thinking of chewere when we were talking about it but when I googled the pictures yours looked more accurate than the ones that popped up. The almost diamond-shaped bars are pretty unique.

You can find these guys on AquaBid pretty frequently. I'm not sure if I've seen them locally though.

The shipping is a killer though for getting them here. A $40 fish seems like quite a bit since it's just for looks and not breeding.

Conway Tropical Fish has some, and they end up getting some yellow on there tail fin. If im right I thought i seen them for $10.99 each.

You can tell on this one where the yellow should come in. Where is Conway Tropical Fish at?

Conway WA, haha north of marysville about 30 mins.

i love this site.. i use it for most of my fish id needs... well for lake malawi.. the link has the fish you are looking at.. a little slimmer looking guy but you get it..[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Oh wow that's QUITE a ways away from us. We live about an hour SW of Olympia lol

i forgot that sight is good for Tanganyika and Victoria..

Thank you Doza! It looks like a very informational site. Those are always helpful. He has Malawii and Victorian's.

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