Well, he is close to a Cobue aulonocara, which has been called Regal.
Can't really make a call on purity based on those pics. Unfortunately the Red Shoulder and Cobue are older races found in the hobby that may not even close to wild stock, and there are many Fryeri/blue Aulonocara hybrids out there also.
I agree I have never bought anything from "mixed" labeled tanks. My LFS doesn't have any mixed tanks but sometimes the staff makes mistakes on the type of fish.
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