Yellowfin Ocellatus ???

[nascar2]

I really like the pic on

cichlid forum and am interested in getting some of these fish.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1751

Is the pic

for the pair a normal coloration?
Is the common and scientific names correct? I've had

some LFS say the names are wrong or they have never heard of these guys.

Thanks for

the help.

pat

[AmberC]

Pat..

Those are

very cute! I have Lamprologus Meleagris/Stappersi.. common name Pearly Ocellatus.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/CristaMeganMommy/Fish%20stuff/DSC07508.jpg

I would believe that the name there is correct, but they may be

called other things as well. I would do a google search to see. I do know that shellies are not

that common at most LFS's so that also may be why you are having a hard time finding them. I

did get mine at the lfs, but I have a really good one. There is also a "gold" variation

of this fish.

I hope you can find some!
Sorry I wasn't of more help
Amber

[number6]

the latin name is both

correct and incorrect at the same time http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

'Lamprologus' sp.

"Ornatipinnis Zambia" means that this is a geographical variant that has some claim to be

possibly considered as a new species.

Anytime you see part of the name in quotes, this

is not a true species name.
If "Ornatipinnis Zambia" turned out to be a regular

morph with intermittent hybrids to the regular L. ocellatus, then the name would begin to appear as

L. ocellatus (Ornatipinnis Zambia). If it does get described and recognized as a seperate species

then the quotes and 'sp.' drop out or a new name selected.

Your LFS is highly

unlikely to be able to order a specific variant, morph or undescribed species as what will come in

is highly unlikely to be the right fish.

If you want a specific variant or sub-species,

etc. your best bet is classified sections on boards like ACA or cichlid-forum

Hope that

helps.

[Marco Arroyo]

This is a very

interesting topic, i personaly will said that ornatipinnis are one of my favorites shell dweller

cichlid. For a better ilustration i will permit to bring some information here, that im sure it

will help us a lot to understand better the behavior and procedence; Ad Konings in its book “

Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat” saids the following: “There are al least two species

of L. Ornatipinnis-like cichlids present in the lake, but the fish that is usually associated with

this name in the aquarium hobby is not the nominal species. L. Ornatipinnis was described by Poll

(1949) from specimens (78 types and 55 additional specimens) collected all over the lake. The

holotype was caught south of M`toto near the barrage of Moba. Remarkably Poll was unable to

find a female among the 133 specimens. - - - I have seen “Ornatipinnis Zambia” a Cape Kachase, Cape

Chaitika, Mbete Island, and at Isanga, and alltought it was never abundandt, it seems to be a

common species. Its behaviour is very similar to that of L. ocellatus, and both male and female

have their own shell, usually Neothauma. It is not known whether males-wich, like ocellatus like

species, have harems-hide shells in the sand until they are required for interested mates. An

interesting feature is that L. ocellatus buries its shell with the opening commonly at right angle

to the bottom while L. sp. Ornatipinnis zambia completely buries the shell with the opening almost

flush with the bottom. - - -“ I hope that this information will help us a lot to understand better

this great species, greetings