Please help to identification - Paratilapia sp.

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ForestDaemon

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Hello eweryone!
I am from Poland. Fish purchased from a German wholesaler (Glaser) as a P. Polleni. I have some question - are they P. sp. "East Coast" or something else? Young couple (8-9cm).
Spots are quite big for being East Coast population for me, but they are too small for "Andapa". I thought that maybe Paratilapia sp. "Fianarantsoa" because spots are green, white and blue - you can not see this on the pictures. Have you got any idea?
Thanks for help.

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In the book the Endemic Cichlids of Madagascar by Patrick de Rham and Jean-Claude Nourisatt, there are at least 5 different, location variants (species) of Paratilapia, by now there may be more. Just looking at photos and trying to determine which is which, would seem nearly impossible for some variants, because their patterns are so similar.
I have kept P. "small spot", and "Andapa", and they are relatively easy to differentiate, but the others, unless you put them all side by side.....well?
I suggest you get the above mentioned book, I got it from the publisher, the Association France Cichlid.
And the term "bleekeri" is still considered invalid at this point.
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duanes said:
In the book the Endemic Cichlids of Madagascar by Patrick de Rham and Jean-Claude Nourisatt, there are at least 5 different, location variants (species) of Paratilapia, by now there may be more. Just looking at photos and trying to determine which is which, would seem nearly impossible for some variants, because their patterns are so similar.
I have kept P. "small spot", and "Andapa", and they are relatively easy to differentiate, but the others, unless you put them all side by side.....well?
I suggest you get the above mentioned book, I got it from the publisher, the Association France Cichlid.
And the term "bleekeri" is still considered invalid at this point.
small spot

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Thank you very much for your voice to this topic. I had this book in my hands a week ago, but I'm still confused. I also read: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=2580, and I saw this page: http://madagroup.francecichlid.com/download.php?lng=en
I still do not know what species I have. Here are some pictures without flash:
 
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