Lufubu and Chaitika - How do you identify them???

[rsulaiman]

Hi,

I got a colony of chaitika and lufubu.

They look similar to me.

Any idea how to identify them?

I keep them in a separate tank.

Thanks
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[NorthShore]

Do you have pics?

You might have the same variant in both tanks. If I remember correctly, the chaitika have blue dorsals and the lufubu red. I do know that the collection points are very near each other.
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[myjohnson]

There is an idea floating around that there are mirco collection point distinctions within one so called type of tropheus.

There is a big variation in color morphs found within Tropheus moori "Lufubu." Lufubu is just the name of a river near where these tropheus are collected.

Any minor change in collection point you will get fishes that don't look like the "ideal" lufubu.

Pictures would help.

[xchimbax]

From what i have seen lufubu have some yellow in the body while chaitika dont
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