Id Please

[Bluetooth]

Can you ID this guy/girl for me please

 

[Davo86]

Its a Texas, possibly female

 

[Bluetooth]

Its a Texas, possibly female

Thanks Davo.

How are you sexing it? i read you cant really sex these? i know it looks quite feminine but im not that lucky =-)

 

[Davo86]

I'm going by the shape of the dorsal and anal fins, but in reality it is still too small to be totally accurate hence the use of the word 'possibly' above.
In the main adults aren't too difficult to id, as Females will stay much smaller than Males

 

[Bluetooth]

I'm going by the shape of the dorsal and anal fins, but in reality it is still too small to be totally accurate hence the use of the word 'possibly' above.
In the main adults aren't too difficult to id, as Females will stay much smaller than Males

THanks again mate

 

[River Dog]

Strictly speaking its not a Texas, a Texas is actually Herichthys cyanoguttatus, where as the fish pictured is Hericthys carpinte. Although a lot of people use the catch all Texas for both species.

 

[Bluetooth]

Strictly speaking its not a Texas, a Texas is actually Herichthys cyanoguttatus, where as the fish pictured is Hericthys carpinte. Although a lot of people use the catch all Texas for both species.

Whats the difference?

 

[Davo86]

Not much, One is commonly known as the texas whilst the other is known as the blue or green Texas.

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

The true Texas is the 'Blue Texas'

 

[Bluetooth]

Ok thanks guys im reading up now on her/him. When i have fed her she has eaten so much her ovipostor has come out and its pointed it only comes out like 3-4mm so cant get a picture but pointed = male right?

She is quite submissive to say they have an aggressive temprement, my male convict just has to be swimming around for her to #105### herself and run away lol.. my male convict is about 7" though rofl =-)

 

[River Dog]

As Dave say's, there isn't a massive difference. Its just easier for you to find information on your fish if you know the latin name. True Texas Cichlids have smaller spots and can reach 12" in size, where as Carpinte top out at around 10". I wasn't trying to say that Davo was wrong, just as I say if you know what you have, keeping it becomes easier. On a side note, Carpinte don't naturally occur as far north as cyanoguttatus, which live as far north as Texas, hence thier common name.

 

[Davo86]

As Dave say's, there isn't a massive difference. Its just easier for you to find information on your fish if you know the latin name. True Texas Cichlids have smaller spots and can reach 12" in size, where as Carpinte top out at around 10". I wasn't trying to say that Davo was wrong, just as I say if you know what you have, keeping it becomes easier. On a side note, Carpinte don't naturally occur as far north as cyanoguttatus, which live as far north as Texas, hence thier common name.

Thanks for that info River Dog, tbh i always thought that H.Carpinte was the common Texas as it is the only one I have come across in this area

 

[Bluetooth]

What about the ovipostor coming out 3-4mm and it being pointed? does that mean its a male or is it no use at all because its happening when being fed?

 

[~T~]

The sure fire way to sex texas cichlids even at a young age is to look at the dorsal fin when the fish is in full colour. Females have a black mark about half way along and males dont.

for example, the fish in the following link is female.

http/www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/4054/texcich.jpg