need help with identifying fish

is this fish


one of these??
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.oddballonline.com/fish/acei.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.oddballonline.com/fish/acei.html</a>


i used to think it was a kenyi. but from what ive seen most of the male kenyi's are yellow, and im not 100% sure but i think its a male (does alot of matting dances)

i thought it was a kenyi because the decripion for the kenyi kinda describes this guy. dominate, aggressive, so on. he is all of those. he runs the tank. it says the acei is mellow, thats not this guy, but it looks just like that fish???

basically i want to find out because i want to mate the guy (he seems very willing to do so) and well i dont really want to cross breed.

any help would be apreciated.

 

that picture kinda sucks. crummy camera. but its mainly blue/purple with yellow tint to it.

ive had it for maybe 4 months now, it was about that size when i got it from the petstore. it has not changed much.

under the aquarium lights it really blue and purpleish with yellow kinda standing out. under the lights i have now, daytime lights, the colors are not as pronounced.

 

but i want to find out which one it is


it shares the same colors as the acei. blue/purple/yellow. i know it kinda looks orange/red in the photo but its not. also the top fin fades out to yellow like the acei and they both have the white line on the front fins. just mine has a more of a yellow tint then the one in the pic.

 

also, the Melanochromis Auratus
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/african-cichlids/melanochromis-auratus/100005.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/af ... 100005.asp</a>

if thats what a male and a female look like i get then at the lps. ive seen them in both black and yellow.

pretty much the lps dont really sell females, and i want some, but i kinda want matching breeds

 

ha, no??? i had one when i first started my tank but i think i killed it with bloat.

why not tho? i was thinking about them because i can get the male and female at the LPS.

 

dang!!! aight yea ill stray away from that.


i never noticed them to be that aggresive. gonna pay a little more attention to them next time i see some.

 

dang i mis read that when he first posted.

so you think it could be a kenyi??? i just have not seen many pictures of kenyi's that look like that but that acei looks alot like it to me.

 

at the local pet store. i think it was petsmart. it was in an tank with a few other oddball fish i belive. there was the bumble bee's then some mixed africans (diffrent types in one tank) then this fish and a few others in one tank. they were bigger than all the other ones. kinda why i got him.

 

a better pic wont happen, this camera sucks. i broke my hd camera. i can try but dont hold your breath. im probably gonna go back to the plant/aquarium lights also, they really bring out the colors.


if i can get a better pic ill post it.

 

hahaha!!!! she dident have a camera :/