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Fish ID Help Ngara Flametail or Flavescent Peacock

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Trying to identify a fish that I bought as juvenile with a bunch of juveniles that now is showing color. I can't tell is this as Ngara Flametail or Flavescent Peacock.

At first I thought it was a Flavescent but am not so sure now. The fish in question was is 3-4 inches.

Thanks in advance.



 
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DJRansome said:
To me it looks blue and yellow in the pics which would not be either of those. What was it sold to you as?
A flavescent peacock is blue and yellow based on what I understand. My local LFS guy who has tons of Africans knowledge, as that what he specializes in, does not think it is a falvescent but said a flametail. I don't see it as I agree with you that more blue yellow versus blue orange.

The problem is I got 14 juvies but had several deaths during a bad heat period last summer. I know he is definitely between one of these two as I ordered both and he doesn't really match anything else i order.
 
#8 ·
Flavescent is properly called Aulonocara stuartgranti Usisya. It has a lot more black than that fish. Check out the profile pics on CF. I have also kept this fish.

If you are breeding, I would put this one in a separate tank.
 
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