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amazing189
02-26-2004, 08:58 PM
Can anyone tell me if these pics are of a male & female Johanni? The darker of the two has been chasing the lighter quite a bit lately. I bought the two from my LFS, which is generally reliable regarding Africans, as a pair of Johannis. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Danny
amazing189
02-26-2004, 09:02 PM
Sorry, forgot the female.....
SGypsyMermaid
02-28-2004, 11:45 AM
that second fish looks like a melanochromis species, but not m. johanni. can't tell anything from that head-on shot of the male.
karak
03-08-2004, 07:02 PM
I have afish called socolofi that looks just like your female, but it is in the pseudo family-what are the colours?
karak
03-08-2004, 07:34 PM
I meant that my melanchromis johanni male looks like your female>?
MalawiMayhem
03-09-2004, 01:38 AM
Two common forms of M. johanni are the regular variety in which all are born yellow/orange and the males develop into a blue/black.

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=288

The other common type is actually a M. maingano....but often refered to as an Electric Blue johanni. Both males and females are born blue/black and retain this coloration through to adulthood:

http://www.malawimayhem.com/profile_show.php?id=309