Help identifying this fish?

[Mecula]

Hi Guys, I bought this fish and I was wondering if any of you knew what it is. The link to the pic is:

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=1783033

Thanks alot!

[tom]

Hi Mecula, and welcome.

Your fish appears to be <I> Maylandia estherae </I>, commonly referred to as the "red zebra."

[Mecula]

Really?
It doesn't look a little different than most Red Zebras?

[Mecula]

Thanks for the reply and the welcome by the way!

[tom]

[quote:508ca3b9f4="Mecula"]Really?
It doesn't look a little different than most Red Zebras?[/quote:508ca3b9f4]

I looked again in particular at the slope of the head and the caudal peduncle, and, from that shot and this eye at least, it looks like a red zebra--a male, I'd venture.

[Mecula]

Wow, I feel kind of stupid :lol: ... I guess I just had never seen one that big before. Anyways, thanks again for the help Tom.

[tom]

Hold on, Mecula....the size of your fish can't be determined from the photo, so if you report that he's a foot long, I'd say <I> M. mutantusninjae</I>. :wink:

The largest estherae I've kept grew to maybe just under six inches.

[Mecula]

Yea he's about 6" long...
I did a search on google for red zebras and I came across some pics of larger Red Zebras and that is indeed my fish...heh. Guess I should of tried that before.