What breed is a yellow fish with a black dot?

Question

I have a small, yellow fish, about an inch and a half to two inches long, and his yellow is BRIGHT and SOLID. He looks exactly like a Lemon Cichlid, but he has a single, black dot on only one side of his body. It's at the base of his tail, but not on his fin. Can anyone tell me what he is?

Answer 1

My guess would be an electric yellow lab cichlid with a black dot:
http://www.tntcichlids.com/PICS/croped/Labidochromis%20Caeruleus%20Electric%20Yellow.jpg

Could that be it? Otherwise, try taking a picture, it's much easier that way :)

Answer 2

Yellow Fish With Black Dot

Answer 3

The electric yellow cichlid, Labidochromis caeruleus, is a freshwater perciform fish, a cichlid. It is also known as lemon yellow lab, the blue streak hap, the electric yellow African, and is called the yellow prince in the Philippines. It is endemic to the northern coastal region of Lake Malawi, especially the Lion's Cove & Nkhata Bay areas, in East Africa. It has become a popular commercial fish for aquarium enthusiasts.

Their bodies are strikingly bright yellow, with males having dark black streaks on their dorsal, pelvic, and ventral fins. While specimens kept by aquarists are generally bright yellow with black markings, specimens from different areas of Lake Malawi exhibit different coloring. In fact their quality is determined mostly on appearance, with brighter yellow, less white, and minimal appearance of the bars along their broad side making a better cichlid. Males and females are sexually monomorphic with most males exhibiting black ventral fins and broader black dorsal stripe, though the best way to sex them would require examining their vents, while behaviour can provide reliable hints (females tend to be smaller and less aggressive). In their natural habitat, electric yellow grow to about 9 cm in length, and have been known to reach 15 cm in captivity.

This species is a mouthbrooder, meaning the larvae are carried, hatch, and develop in the mother's mouth (buccal cavity), for about three weeks. These fish are ovophiles and the male will excavate a pit in the sand within his territory, in which the female lays the eggs; the female then takes these eggs into her mouth for fertilization.

Electric yellows come from a tropical climate and prefer freshwater with a pH between 7.8 and 8.9 and an ideal temperature range of 23–26 °C (73–78 °F). Spawning may be triggered by a drop in temperature which in their nature climate normally indicates in an influx of rain into Lake Malawi.

Answer 4

Yeah, it's most likely a Yellow Lab...very nice fish:) almost look like they should be saltwater..because of how bright they are...

Answer 5

Sounds like a yellow lab

Is this it? http://tropicalresources.net/phpBB2/templates/BMan1Blue/images/profile_pics/fish_profiles_caeruleus.jpg