Saw this in lfs any guesses?

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Saw this in lfs any guesses?

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Bought in a batch of mixed african cichlids the iridescent blue face is throwing me.
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Without a picture, we may not be much help. My guess would be a sunshine yellow peacock (Aulonocara baenschi).
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check the jpg for this odd cross? or tell me something exciting I don't know. :)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=850 ??? maybe?
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Don't know if that's the correct species or not, but the genus could be right. It's one of the Mbunas. Maybe Travis will have a more accurate ID. Denny
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Possibly a bumblebee, if so may be aggressive to peacocks.
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Here's a comparison picture. Male on top, this pair of Bumblebees I had to sell or keep the male out of the community African tank. He killed the males from both my pairs of Acei and Dolphins. So I sold the Bumblebees. [urlImage][/url]
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I would contact Dave Schumacher in San Antonio. He's one of the biggest mbuna experts I know. His shop is www.davesfish.com maybe you can just scroll through the pics and see if anything looks similar and then research that species. definitely not a crabro though. Kyle
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Post by heatherbee »

I know this is a crazy old post but I instantly recognized the type-
Pseudotropheus flavus
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