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Mr Chromedome wrote:The "Moanda" has been identified as the real H. lifalili by Anton Lamboj, the fish previously called by that name are just another population of guttatus. The profiles here are a bit dated. I'm impressed that they have guttatus instead of calling it bimaculatus. Almost all general fish sites still have it wrong.
easywolf31 wrote: I'm guessing the ones in the first picture I posted on this topic are of the bimaculatus/guttatus types?
BC in SK wrote:easywolf31 wrote: I'm guessing the ones in the first picture I posted on this topic are of the bimaculatus/guttatus types?
Hemichromis guttatus. The common jewel in the hobby.
As Chromedome mentions, even those labeled H. lifalili are just different populations of H. guttatus. . The real H. lifalili is the same fish that is also known as H. sp. "moanda" in the trade.
In older books and a lot of places on the internet you will see the common jewel listed as H. bimaculatus. Just understand these are all mis-labled. They are H. guttatus.
H. bimaculatus is very rare in the hobby and seldom imported. You are unlikely to come across one. Pictures of wild caught specimens show a fish that lacks blue iridophores (bright blue spots).
mbargas wrote:Here are some pics of breeding jewels. Each was from a different source. Note the big difference in coloration
https://imgur.com/gallery/lhKTJ
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