A male Pseudotropheus elongatus "Mbenji Blue"

Although he definitely looked like an elongatus type cichlid, I wasn't sure of the ID of this cichlid for quite awhile. I posted these pictures to the cichlid-forum and one of the members there suggested the Pseudotropheus elongatus "mbenji blue" found near Mbenji Island in Lake Malawi. Since this male is not exactly blue, I had my doubts. Then I found a picture in the Aqualog catalogue of mbuna and it sure does look like a dead on match. This mbuna came with a used tank I bought and I was not really interested in keeping an elongatus, so I sold him at the next club auction.

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