Can anyone ID this cichlid

[Steve2717]

I recently purchased from an online store what I thought was a salvini cichlid, however instead of the nice bright yellow of a salvini this fish appears a light brownish colour. Can anyone help and let me know what kind of fish this is, whether a salvini or not. Thanks for any assistance, apologise if a little blurry, it's hard to get them sitting still

 

[Back in the fold]

@Wills what say you ?

 

[Colin_T]

It's not a salvini. Maybe a hybrid with managuense or something new.

You might be able to do an image search on google.

 

[Steve2717]

It's not a salvini. Maybe a hybrid with managuense or something new.

You might be able to do an image search on google.

Thanks I thought it wasn't, bit annoyed as it obviously wasn't what I wanted and I'd bought a convict which was supposed to be 7cm and was more like 3cm when it came. More concerned due its size whether it will survive as I have a 4/5inch green terror in there. There's plenty of hiding spots so hopefully he survive long enough to grow a bit. Tried to reverse search but it didn't result in anything that looked like it. Thanks again

 

[Colin_T]

Need to find a central American cichlid group and see if they can ID it. But if it's a hybrid, you won't have much luck.

 

[Fishfunn]

I recently purchased from an online store what I thought was a salvini cichlid, however instead of the nice bright yellow of a salvini this fish appears a light brownish colour. Can anyone help and let me know what kind of fish this is, whether a salvini or not. Thanks for any assistance, apologise if a little blurry, it's hard to get them sitting still

It looks kind of like a Chocolate Cichlid or Umbee Cichlid?

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[Steve2717]

So I joined some cichlid groups on Facebook and a few reckon it's a juvenile vieja zonatus. It'll grow to be around 12-13inch and change colour as it gets older

 

[Steve2717]

this is it now it's grown a bit. Anyone know what this is?

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

I screenshot your photo to do a Google search and it confirmed it as vieja zonatus. Not what you wanted but gorgeous all the same

 

[Steve2717]

I screenshot your photo to do a Google search and it confirmed it as vieja zonatus. Not what you wanted but gorgeous all the same

I forgot about image search on Google. Thanks though

 

[anewbie]

Thanks for returning and showing how it changed from a wee wee to a blue thing.

 

[anewbie]

Two things i found when reading about it (in case it isn't obvious): it loves veggies and as a ca fish it likes harder water. Not necessarily rock hard but harder than any aquarium i keep.

 

[Innesfan]

I screenshot your photo to do a Google search and it confirmed it as vieja zonatus. Not what you wanted but gorgeous all the same

While google images is a valuable tool, and I believe it got this one dead right, I've seen many wild errors in identification, some real doozies. I would suggest not always taking it as the final word.

 

[gwand]

Snooping around I read that Vieja is pronounced “we-eega” and means old woman. Zonatus means “belted”, referring to the extended lateral band.