Identify My Fish?!

[FGMAS]

Hello!

Can anyone please tell me what this fish is? He wasn't labelled at the fish shop, but we bought him as he is a stunning fish.

Thanks!

 

[waterdrop]

I'm terrible at young cichlids. Someone will be along. Maybe it's a type or Krib or surf perch, kinda looks like those to me. WD

 

[ZoddyZod]

Hello!

Can anyone please tell me what this fish is? He wasn't labelled at the fish shop, but we bought him as he is a stunning fish.

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looks like some kind of geophagus to me, but I'm not very hot with South American cichlids.

 

[FGMAS]

Brilliant!

Thank you - he's a
Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Orange Head Eartheater" I think!

Good work guys!

 

[Davo86]

what makes you thinks its sp.Tapajos? Its definitely one of the geophagus that make up the surinamensis complex but unless you paid a good chunk of cash, I'd say its most likely Geophagus altifrons or possibly abalios

 

[FGMAS]

what makes you thinks its sp.Tapajos? Its definitely one of the geophagus that make up the surinamensis complex but unless you paid a good chunk of cash, I'd say its most likely Geophagus altifrons or possibly abalios

Hmm,…. the fins are all wrong (not rounded enough) on the altifrons and abalios…. he is an exact match for the picture i found of the Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Orange Head Eartheater"

 

[Davo86]

All juvie gephagus have rounded finds, they only start to point and extend once they mature
This is my Dicrozoster (another possible id) just starting to mature

I'm not saying its not a tapajos but tbh IMO it is unlikely

 

[OldMan47]

A very different look to your fish Davo. I am far from a cichlid expert but there is no way that thing is a krib or the fish shown by Davo. The spot on the fish is located differently and the vertical striping is quite different. I do not doubt that FGMAS has found an extraordinary buy, it happens to me quite often. I find that fish that are not well identified by the original owner means that they are offered for far less than their usual value. With no ID information, I can often buy what I think looks good to me and find out later just how nicely I have done in terms of value.
For FGMAS, be very careful when you start comparing your fish to fish that you find on the web. Sometimes fine details are all that differentiates one species from another to our eyes. The fish themselves rely on odor as well as appearance to find their mates.

 

[Davo86]

The photo was just to show the rounded dorsal fins on a juvi Geophagus species, I still stand my first decision that its a baby Geophagus altifrons,

The trouble is that there are at least a dozen species that look almost identical and are all generally known as Geophagus Surinamensis