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Old 07-24-2012, 04:10 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Blue Tilapia?
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Old 07-24-2012, 06:21 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Looks like a laetacara curviceps to me. Aka flag cichlid of some type. They are neat fish, I have two, they are from the Americas.
Def not a flagfish......its a mystery fish!

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Old 08-06-2012, 01:42 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Looks African to me. Tropheus sp. cause of the mouth shape
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Old 08-06-2012, 06:21 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Can't be certain, but looks like my dwarf gold chiclid (N. Anomala)
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Old 08-06-2012, 08:05 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Looks African to me. Tropheus sp. cause of the mouth shape
X2 definitely a Tropheus sp the mouth is a dead give away, the mouth shape is designed to scrape algae off the rocks I would get him out of your planted tank he could single handily mow down everything
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Old 08-06-2012, 08:41 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I am not completely convinced it is a tropheus, as its body shape and coloration are not consistent with that found in tropheus. Its body does not taper off and its head does not feature the "bump" so commonly seen in tropheus.
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Old 08-06-2012, 01:40 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I don't know what it is, though, to me, it doesn't look mature. I DO know that it's not a L. cuviceps. Here is an old photo (scan of a slide...sorry) of mine:
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Old 08-07-2012, 02:56 AM   #18 (permalink)
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My guess is its a young juvenile cichlid from Mexico that gets 12-15 cm, Theraps coeruleus.
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My guess is its a young juvenile cichlid from Mexico that gets 12-15 cm, Theraps coeruleus.
I would concur. http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/spe...ontent=profile
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Old 08-07-2012, 11:14 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Body pattern similar but mouth is different plus its too pointy.
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