identify this cichlid!

[Collin1104]

i dont have a picture now but im pretty sure its an mbuna from lake malawi but i may be wrong. its all black with white spots =)
thanks

[toddnbecka]

All black w/white spots sounds like a juvenile Tropheus duboisi. Google that name and see if any of the "images" match.

[Collin1104]

that would be the fish thats in my tank lol too bad im gonna have to take him back =( im doing a malawi mbuna tank only. thanks though

[Boertjie]

Is the malawi mbuna the Zebra malawi cichlid?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

toddnbecka hit it right on, T. duboisi juveniles are quite recognizable with their solid black body and small white spots.

[toddnbecka]

Is the malawi mbuna the Zebra malawi cichlid?
Mbuna covers a wide range of fish from Lake Malawi, the zebra is one of them. T. duboisi are from Lake Tanganykia.

[fish ninja]

Marlier's Julie maybe. Julidochromis marlieri. Lake tanganyika

[Collin1104]

i just called the store i got the little guy from and the guy said that instead of trading him in, i can bring him back and then get store credit when hes sold lol thats ridiculous!! although the important thing is that he'll be better off somewhere else =)

[MandyL]

Store credit when he's sold? How do they keep track of that?? My LFS gives store credit on any fish brought in, of 1/3 of the price they can sell it for.

[fish ninja]

Store credit when they sell him, that would be the last time I shopped at that store, that is some bullsh*t

[Collin1104]

that it is bologna but they're the only store around that has more than "assorted africans" lol the past 5 times ive gone in there its been the same girl working so im sure she'll remember.. btw i took him back today and got two more which are some kind of pseudotropheus or cynotilapia, not sure though! im gonna try and get some pictures of them soon so maybe you guys can name them =)